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life and works of rrizal

1. CHAPTER 9 Rizal’s Grand Tour of Europe with Viola (1887)

2. EUROPE

3. The Tour Begins May 11, 1887, they left Berlin by train. They are going to Dresden.

4. Dresden Went to floral exhibit Visited Dr. Adolph B. Meyer Visited Museum of Art - “Prometheus Bound”

5. At floral exhibit, they met Dr. Jagor .

6. They left Dresden and went to Teschen as next stopover. They sent wire to Blumentritt .

7. Leitmeritz , Bohemia May 13, 1887 at 1:30pm, they arrived in the railroad station where Prof . Ferdinand Blumentritt was there.

8. Blumentritt helped the two get a room at Hotel Krebs. They stayed there from May 13-16, 1887.

9. Memories in Leitmeritz Enjoying the warm hospitality of the Blumentritt family. They went to a beer garden in Bohemia. They attended a meeting of the Tourist’s Club of Leitmeritz where Blumentritt was the secretary. He met Dr. Carlos Czepalak , a Polish scholar. He was introduced to Prof. Robert Klutschak , a well-known scholar.

10. Last night in Leitmeritz , they proposed a dinner to Blumentritt’s family at their hotel. May 16, at 9:45 am, they left Leitmeritz by train.

11. Prague They went to Dr. Willkomm , professor of natural history in University of Prague. They visited: Tomb of Copernicus Museum of Natural History Bacteriological Laboratories Cave of San Juan Nepomoceno after this, they went to Brunn .

12. Prague

13. Brunn Rizal wrote a letter to Blumentritt and he told him that he forgot his diamond stickpin at his room in Hotel Krebs. Nothing important happened in this city according to Viola.

14. Brunn

15. Vienna On May 20, they arrived in the “Queen of the Danube ”. He met Norfenfals , great novelist in Europe. He admired Rizal. Rizal received his lost diamond stickpin. They stayed in Hotel Metropole .

16. they visited : churches museums art galleries theatres public parks they met 2 good Austrian scholars who are friend of Blumentritt : Masner and Nordmann

17. Lintz on May 24, they rode on a river boat to see Danube River.

18. TO SALZBURG, TO MUNICH TO NUREMBERG The river trip ended in Lintz . They travel overland to Salzburg, and to Munich. In Munich, stop for a while to taste the famous Munich beer, assumed as the best in Germany. They went to Nuremberg and were impressed by the manufacture of dolls 

19. Ulm, Stuttgart, Baden and then Rheinfall The Cathedral in Ulm is the largest and tallest in Germany. They went to Stuttgart and Baden. In Rheinfall , they saw the waterfall which is “the most beautiful waterfall in Europe”.

20. Rheinfall

21. Switzerland They crossed the border to Schaffhausen, Switzerland. they stayed from June 2-3, 1887. they continued their tour to Basel, Bern and Lausanne.

22. Geneva They crossed foggy Leman Lake to Geneva. One of most beautiful cities in the world. June 19, 1877, Rizal’s 26 th birthday. They spent 15 days in Geneva. On June 23, they parted ways: Viola returned to Barcelona and Rizal went to Italy.

23. Madrid Exposition There was an Exposition of the Philippines held in Madrid, Spain. Igorots were exhibited, some were died.

24. Italy He visited Turin, Milan, Venice and Florence.

25. On June 27, 1887, he reached Rome, the”Eternal City” or the “City of Caesars”. On June 29, Rizal visited the Vatican for the 1 st time.

26. St. Peter’s Square

27. He prepared to return to his home, Calamba .

28. Thank You  Daisy Mae A. Valeroso BEEG-II