Main Topic 4: Jose

Rizal's travels
abroad
Life and Works of Rizal
 May 1, 1882 - Rizal began writing farewell letters to
his friends and family
 Paciano gave him money for his allowance
 Saturnina gave him a diamond ring
• May 3, 1882 - Rizal left for the Philippines for the first time to Spain
boarded on the SS Salvadora bound for using a passport of Jose
Mercado
• May 9, 1882 - SS Salvadora docked in Singapore and stayed in Hotel
Dela Paz for two days.
• In Singapore, Rizal transferred to another ship Djemnah, a French
steamer, which left Singapore for Europe on May 11, 1882
Hotel Dela Paz
• May 17, 1882 - Rizal arrived at Punta de Gales to go to
Colombo and Rizal wrote on his travel diary: "The general
appearance of Punta de Gales is picturesque but lonely and
quiet and at the same time sad."
•May 27, 1882 - He landed at Aden, Yemen
at about 8:30 am. He made observation at
that time.
•Aden is a city hotter than Manila. Rizal was
amused to see the camels, for the first time.
• June 2, 1882 - He arrived at the Suez Canal en
route to Marseilles. Rizal was impressed in the
beautiful moonlight which reminded him of
Calamba and his family.
• June 11, 1882 - Rizal disembarked and accompanied by a
guide, went around the City of Naples for one hour. This was
the first European ground he set foot on.
• Rizal was pleased on this Italian City because of its business
activity, its lively people and its panoramic beauty.
• June 12, 1882 - At 10 o`clock in the evening, the
boat anchored at Marseilles. He slept in board.

• Rizal visited the famous Chateau d`If, where

Dantes, hero of the Count of Monte Cristo was
imprisoned. Rizal stayed two and a half days in
Marseilles.
• June 16, 1882 - At 12:00 noon, Rizal arrived at
Barcelona and boarded in the Fonda De España.
Rizal`s first impression of Barcelona, the greatest city
of Cataluña and Spain`s second largest city was
unfavorable.
Life in Barcelona
• He wrote an essay entitled "Amor Patrio" (Love of
Country)
• His next article was entitled "Los Viajes" (Travels) and
followed by "Revista de Madrid (Review of Madrid)
but the latter was returned because the publication
was ceased because of lack of funds.
• August 20, 1882 - His article "Amor Patrio" was
published in the Diariong Tagalog, a Manila
newspaper edited by Basilio Teodoro. This was the
first article he wrote abroad.
• Amor Patrio (Love of Country) - nationalistic essay, Rizal`s first article
written on Spain`s soil. Under his pen-name Laong Laan. It was
published in two texts - Spanish and Tagalog. The Spanish text was
the one originally written by Rizal in Barcelona, the Tagalog text was a
Tagalog translation made by Marcelo H. Del Pilar
• September 2, 1882 - Rizal moved heading to
Madrid in order to continue his medical studies.
•November 3, 1882 - Rizal enrolled at the
Universidad Central de Madrid. In two
courses - Medicine and Philosophy and
Letters.
Life in Madrid
• Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando - Rizal studied
painting and sculpture
• He took lessons in French, German and English under private
instructors
• He practiced fencing and shooting at the Hall of Arms in
Sanz y Carbonell.
• Rizal joined the Circulo-Hispano Filipino. It is an association
formed by Filipino students in Spain composed of both
Filipinos and Spaniards.
• Mi Piden Versos (They Ask Me for Verses) - upon the
request of the members of this society, Rizal wrote this poem
which he personally declaimed during the New Year`s Eve
reception held in the evening of December 31, 1882.
• March 1883 - He joined the Masonic Lodge
called Acacia. His reason for was to secure
Freemasonry`s aid in his fight for the
Philippines.
• November 1883 - He transferred to Lodge
Solidaridad, where he become a Master
Mason
June 1884
• Rizal finished his medical education. He was
conferred the degree of Licentiate in
Medicine. The next year, he passed all his
subjects leading to Doctors of Medicine but
was only able to get his Doctor`s diploma in
1887 for he wasn`t able to pay
corresponding fees.
June 1885
•Rizal was awarded the
degree of Licentiate in
Philosophy and Letters
by the Universidad
Central de Madrid with
the rating of Excellent
(Sobresaliente)
• Rizal went to Paris and Germany in order to
Paris to Berlin
specialize in Ophthalmology - Rizal chose this
branch of medicine because he wanted to cure
his mother`s eye ailment.
Dr. Louis De Wecker
• He is the leading French
Ophthalmologist during this
period. He is the leading
authority among the oculists
of France, who found Rizal
such a competent student and
made him as his clinical
assistant.
• During his free time, he visited
his fellow countrymen - Pardo de
Taveras (Trinidad, Felix and Paz)
and Juan Luna. Rizal posted in
Luna`s canvas like, "The Blood
Compact" in which he posed as
Sikatuna and Trinidad as Legazpi.
He also posed for a group picture
called "The Death of Cleopatra"
wherein he dressed as an
Egyptian.
February 1, 1886
• He left Paris to Germany
and arrived on February
3, 1886 in Heidelberg - a
historic city in Germany,
famous for its old
university and romantic
surroundings.
 Dr. Otto Becker
•Distinguished
German
Ophthalmologist
where Rizal
worked -
University Eye
Hospital
November 1886
• Rizal arrived in Berlin. He was
enchanted by the scientific
atmosphere and the absence of
racial prejudice in Berlin.
• Rizal met Dr. Feodor Jagor, great
scientist and author of "Travels in
the Philippines", one of the books
Rizal admired during his student
days.
• He also met Dr. Rudolf Virchow
known to be the Father of Modern
Pathology
Rizal`s reason in staying in Berlin
1. To gain further knowledge in Ophthalmology;
2. To improve further his studies of sciences and languages;
3. To observe the economic and political conditions of the German
nation;
4. To associate with famous German scientists and scholars;
5. To publish his novel, Noli Me Tangere.
November 1886
• One of Rizal`s important letters written while
he was in Germany that addressed to his
sister, Trinidad.
• In his letter, Rizal expressed his high regard
and admiration for German womanhood.
• The German woman, said Rizal to his sister, is
serious, diligent, educated and friendly. She
is not gossipy, frivolous and quarrelsome.
Noli Me Tangere (published in Berlin, 1887)
• The bleak winter of 1886 in Berlin was Rizal`s darkest
winter because no money arrived from Calamba and
he was flat broke. The diamond ring which his sister,
Saturnina, gave him was in the pawnshop. It was
memorable in the life of Rizal for two reasons:
1. it was a painful episode for he was hungry, sick and
despondent in a strange city;
2. it brought him great joy after enduring so much
sufferings, because his first novel, Noli Me Tangere
came off the press in March, 1887.
Uncle Toms Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe
• It inspired Dr. Rizal
to prepare a novel
that would depict
the miseries of his
people under the
lash of Spanish
tyrants.
Maximo Viola
•Rizal`s friend from Bulacan,
arrived in Berlin at the height
of Rizal despondency and
loaned him the needed
funds to publish the novel;
savior of Noli
February 21, 1887
the Noli was finally finished and ready
for printing

Berliner Buchdruckrei-Action-
Gesellschaft
- a printing shop which charged the
lowest rate, that is, 300 pesos for
2,000 copies of the novel.
March 21, 1887
• the Noli Me Tangere came off the press
• The title Noli Me Tangere is a Latin phrase which
means "Touch Me Not." It is not originally
conceived by Rizal, for he admitted taking it from
the Bible.
Rizal`s Grand Tour of Europe
with Viola
 May 21, 1887
Rizal and Viola left Berlin by train
going to Dresden, one of the best
cities in Germany
Prometheus Bound - a painting
wherein Rizal was deeply impressed
Teschen (now Decin, Czechoslovakia)
next stop over after leaving Dresden
Prometheus Bound - Frans Snyders and Peter
Paul Rubens (1611-1612)
Leitmeritz
• At 1:30 pm of May 13, 1887 - the train,
with Rizal and Viola on board, arrived at
the railroad station of Leitmeritz,
Bohemia for the first time, the two great
scholars - Rizal and Blumentritt - met in
person
• Professor Ferdinand Blumentritt - a
kind-hearted, old Austrian professor
Prague
• After their stay at Leitmeritz, Rizal
together with Viola visited the city of
Prague. They carried recommendation
letters from Blumentritt to Dr. Heinrich
Moritz Willkomm, a professor of
natural history in the University of
Prague. The kind-hearted professor
together with his wife and daughters
welcomed them and showed them the
city’s historic spots.
Prague
• Rizal and Viola visited the tomb of
Copernicus, the museum of natural
history, the bacteriological
laboratories, the famous cave where
San Juan Nepomuceno was
imprisoned, and the bridge from
which the saint was hurled into the
river.
Vienna
May 20, 1887 - Rizal and Viola
arrived in the beautiful city of
Vienna, capital of Austria-
Hungary
Vienna was truly the "Queen of
the Danube" because of its
beautiful building, religious
images, haunting waltzes and
majestic charm
Rheinfall
•The Cathedral of Ulm - the largest and
tallest Cathedral in Germany. From Ulm,
they went to Stuttgart, Baden and then
Rheilfall
•At Rheinfall, they saw the waterfall, "the
most beautiful waterfall of Europe."
Cathedral of Ulm
Rheinfall in Germany
Crossing the frontier to Switzerland
June 2-3, 1887 - stayed at Schaffhausen,
Switzerland
Geneva
The Swiss City is one of the most beautiful
cities in Europe, visited by world tourists
every year
June 19, 1887 - Rizal treated Viola to a
blow-out. It was his 26th birthday. Rizal
and Viola spent fifteen delightful days in
Geneva.
Geneva
• June 23, 1887 - Viola and Rizal
parted ways - Viola returned to
Barcelona while Rizal continued
the tour to Italy
• Exposition of the Philippines in
Madrid, Spain - Rizal was outraged
by this degradation of his fellow
countrymen, the Igorots of
Northern Luzon.
Rizal in Italy
• June 27, 1887 - Rizal Reached Rome, the "Eternal
City" and also called the "City of the Caesars."
Rizal was thrilled by the sights and memories of
the Eternal City.

• Describing to Blumentritt, the "grandeur that

was Rome," he wrote on June 27, 1887.
Colosseum of Rome
Colosseum of Rome
Rome, Italy
• June 29, 1887 - the
Feast Day of St. Peter
and St. Paul, Rizal
visited for the first
time the Vatican, the
"City of the Popes"
and the capital of
Christendom.
• Every night, after sightseeing the whole day,
Rizal returned to his hotel, very tired. "I am tired
as dog," he wrote to Blumentritt, "but I will
sleep as a God."

• After a week of wonderful sojourn in Rome, Rizal

prepared to return to the Philippines. He had
already written to his father that he was coming
home.
First Homecoming
• From 1882 to 1887, Rizal was in Europe
studying. There he was allured, fascinated and
have all the beautiful memories throughout his
sojourn. But this will not make Rizal forget his
fatherland and his nationality. After 5 years of
memorable adventure in Europe, he returned to
the Philippines in August 1887 and practiced
medicine in Calamba.
First Homecoming

•Rizal left Rome by train for Marseilles and

on July 3, 1887 he boarded the steamer
Djemnah which was the same steamer he
boarded five years ago. The steamer was
enroute to the Orient via the Suez Canal.
Rizal saw this canal for the second time.
First Homecoming
•On July 30, he transferred to another
steamer in Saigon to steamer Haiphong
which was bound to Manila. On August 2,
the steamer left Saigon for Manila.
Arrival at Manila
•On August 5, the Haiphong arrived in Manila
and he went ashore with a happy heart for he
was once again in Filipino soil. He stayed in the
city for a short time to visit some friends and
observed that Manila was the same five years
ago.