9 Rizal's Grand Tour of Europe

with Viola (1887)

Date discussed? If none, date given? Aug 25, 2020

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Subject RIZAL

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The Tour Begins

When did Rizal and Viola left Berlin by train?

May 11, 1887

Anong laman ng luggage niya?

all the letters from fam and friends

To where were they headed?

Dresden - one of the best cities in Germany

Dresden

What event was happening during their visit?

a floral exposition, as Rizal was interested in botany, he studied the plant
varieties

Which doctor did they visit?

Dr. Adolph B. Meyer

What is the name of the museum which they visited?

Museum of Art, of which painting was Rizal most interested in?

Prometheus Bound

What was their next destination?

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 Teschen(now Decin, Czechoslovakia)

Why were Rizal and Viola advised by Dr. Jagor to wire Blumentritt of their
coming?
Because he is old na and in a nervous disposition—he might suffer a
shock at their sudden visit

First Meeting with Blumentritt

How did they meet?

through a connection

Blumentritt prepared a room at which hotel for the two visitors?

Hotel Krebs

Leitmeritz

What is the name of Blumentritt’s wife?

Rosa - a good cook who prepared Austrian dishes for Rizal

What is the name of their children?

Dolores, Conrad & Fritz

What do they call the town mayor in Leitmeritz?

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 burgomaster

How long did Rizal learn to speak fluent German?

11 months

Which Polish scholar have he met through Blumentritt?

Dr. Caros Czepelak

Which eminent naturalist have he met through Blumentritt?

Professor Robert Klutschak

When did Rizal and Viola left Leitmeritz by train?

May 16

Prague

Blumentritt wrote recommendation letters to which doctor?

Dr. Willkomm, professor of natural history in the University of Prague

What places did they visit in Prague?

Prague - the historic city

Name

tomb of Copernicus, the famous astronomer

bacteriological laboraties
famous cave where San Juan Nepomuceno,, the Catholic saint was imprisoned

bridge where St. Nepomuceno hurled into the river

Vienna

Vienna is the capital city of?

Austria-Hungary

Vienna is famously known as?

Queen of Danube

Blumentritt wrote recommendation letters to which Austrian novelist?

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 Norfenfals

Which hotel did they stay in Vienna?

Hotel Metropole

Which 2 friends of Blumentritt did they meet?

Masner and Nordmann - Austrian scholars

Danubian Voyage to Lintz

Rizal and Viola left Vienna and rode a boat to visit which river?

Danube River

From Lintz to Rheinfall

Where did the river voyage end?

Lintz

From there, what was their itinerary(in order)?

 Salzburg

Munich (for the best beer in Germany)

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 Nuremberg - one of the oldest cities; where they saw the ff

horrible torture machines

What was the biggest industry in the city?

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 manufacture of dolls

Ulm

Ulm Cathedral - the largest and tallest in all Germany

5. Stuttgart

6. Baden

Rhine

Cascade of the Rhine Rheinfall)

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 Crossing the Frontier to Switzerland

Rheinfall→Switz

Where in Switz did they stay for one day?

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 From there, what was their itinerary(in order?

 Basel(Bale)

 Bern

 Lausanne

Geneva

Lausanne→Geneva
known as one of the most beautiful cities in Europe

What languages do people in Geneva speak(which Rizal all knew)?

French

German

Italian

What skill did Rizal learned in Calamba during his childhood which he
showed to Viola?

rowing prowess

Rizal Resents Exhibition in Madrid

What was the exhibition that Rizal was sad about?

Madrid Exposition - Philippines(Exhibition of Igorots)

deplorable conditions of the primitive Igorots; some of whom died

and whose G-strings and crude weapons were objects of mockery
and laughter by Spanish people and press

Rizal in Italy
Geneva → Italy

What was their itinerary(in order)?

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  Turin

 Milan

 Venice

 Florence

Rome

Eternal City

City of the Caesars

Vatican

City of the Popes

capital of Christendom

St. Peter's Basilica

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 St. Peter's Square

Papal guards

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