Gabrielle R.

Sesuca  May 13, 1887, they arrived at the rail road

station of Leitmeritz, Bohemia
Kim Audrey Wenceslao
 for the first time, the two great scholars
Chapter 9 Rizal and Blumentritt met in person
 Professor Blumentritt- a kind-hearted, old
RIZAL’S GRAND TOUR OF EUROPE Austrian professor
WITH VIOLA (1887)  May 13 to May 16, 1887- Rizal and Viola
stayed in Leitmeritz
 After the publication of Noli me Tangere,
 Burgomaster- town mayor
Rizal planned to visit important places in
 Tourist’s Club of Leitmeritz-which
Europe.
Blumentritt was the secretary; Rizal spoke
 Dr. Maximo Viola agreed to be his
extemporaneously in
travelling companion
fluent Germany to the officers and members
 Rizal received Paciano’s remittance of
 Dr. Carlos Czepelak- renowned scientist of
P1000 which was forwarded by Juan Luna
Europe
from Paris and Rizal immediately paid Viola
 Professor Robert Klutschak- an eminent
300 pesos which he loaned so that the noli
naturalist
could be printed.
 May 16, 1887 at 9:45 AM- Rizal and Viola
 First he and viola visited Potsdam,a city near
left Leitmeritz by train
Berlin.
PRAGUE
TOUR BEGINS
 Dr. Willkomm- professor of natural history
 At dawn of May 11, 1887. Rizal and Viola
in the University of Prague
let berlin by train and it was spring which is
 According to Viola, “nothing of importance
an ideal season of travel.
happened” in this city
 According to Viola, the luggage of Rizal
Included all the letters he received from his VIENNA
family and friemds
 Their destination was in Dresdaen, “One of  May 20, 1887- Rizal and Viola arrived in
the best cities in Germany” the beautiful city of Vienna, capital of
Austria-Hungary
 Vienna was truly the “Queen of Danube”
Dresden because of its beautiful buildings, religious
images, haunting
 they visited the regional floral exposition,
waltzes and majestic charm
Rizal who was interested in botany
 Norfentals- one of the greatest Austrian
 They visited Dr. Adolph B. Meyer,who was
novelists was favorably impressed by Rizal,
overjoyed to see them in the museum of art
and years later he
 Rizal was deeply impressed by a painting of
spoke highly of Rizal, “whose genius he so
“Prometheus Bound”
much admired.”
 While strolling in the Floral Exposition they
 Hotel Metropole- where Rizal and Viola
met Dr. Jagor
stayed
Leitmeritz  In Vienna, Rizal received his lost diamond
stickpin
DANUBIAN VOYAGE TO LINTZ degradation of his fellow countrymen the
Igorots of Northern Luzon
 May 24, 1887- Rizal and Viola left Vienna
on a river boat to see the beautiful sights of
the Danube River
 Rizal particularly noticed that the passengers
on the river boat were using paper napkins
during the meals, which was a novelty to
him. Viola, commented that the paper
napkins were “more hygienic and
economical than cloth napkins”

FROM LINTZ TO RHEINFALL

 Munich- where Rizal and Viola sojourned

for a short time to savor the famous Munich
beer, reputed to be the best in Germany
 Nuremberg- one of the oldest cities of
Germany
 The Cathedral of Ulm- the largest and tallest
cathedral in all Germany
 From Ulm, they went to Stuttgart, Baden
and then Rheinfall (Cascade of the Rhine).
At Rheinfall, they saw the waterfall, “the
most beautiful waterfall of Europe”

CROSSING THE FRONTIER TO

SWITZERLAND

 June 2 to 3, 1887- stayed at Schaffhausen,

Switzerland

GENEVA

 This 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 26 th birthday
 Rizal and Viola spent fifteen delightful days
in 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