Rizal’s First Trip

► His first trip abroad and his secret mission He must

get the best education he could find and answer his
life question: what could he do to help his oppressed
Motherland? He must study in Madrid but this plan
was kept secret.
► His first trip abroad and his secret mission To observe
keenly the life and culture, languages and customs,
industries and government and laws of the European
nations in order to prepare himself of the mighty task
of liberating his oppressed people from Spanish
tyranny.
► 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 • He
stayed in Hotel dela Paz for two days • In Singapore, Rizal
transferred to another ship Djemnah, a French streamer,
which left Singapore for Europe on May 11, 1882
► MAY 17, 1882 • Rizal arrived at Punta de Gales • Rizal
wrote on his travel diary: “ The general appearance of Point
Galle is picturestic but lonely and quiet and at the same
time sad”
► MAY 18, 1882 • At 7:30 a.m., he left Punta de Gales for
Colombo. In the afternoon, Rizal arrived at Colombo and in
the evening the trip was resumed.
► MAY 27, 1882 • He landed at Aden at about 8:30 a.m. He
made observation at the time. • Aden – 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. • City of Suez – the Red Sea terminal of the
Suez Canal. Rizal was impressed in the beautiful moonlight
which reminded him of Calamba and his family • Suez
Canal – canal which built by Ferdinand de Lesseps (French
diplomat-engineer) which was inaugurated on November
17, 1869 • Port Said – the Mediterranean terminal of the
Suez Canal
► 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 ad its panoramic beauty
► JUNE 12, 1882 • At ten o’clock in the evening, the boat
anchored at Marseilles. He slept in board. • Rizal visited the
famouse Chateau d’If, where Dantes, hero of the Count of
Monte Cristo was imprisoned •Rizal stayed two and a half
days in Marseilles.
► JUNE 15, 1882 • He left Marseilles for
Barcelona in an express train. • Rizal crossed
the Pyreness and stopped for a day at the
frontier town of Port Bou
► 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 Diarong 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 M.H. del Pilar
► SEPTEMBER 2, 1882 • Rizal moved into abroad in
order to continue his medical studies.
► Rizal enrolled at the Unibersidad Central de Madrid.
In two courses – Medicine and Philosophy and
Letters. November 3, 1882
► LIFE IN MADRID •Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando – Rizal studied painting and
sculpture • Took lesson in French, German and English under private instructors. • 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 both Filipinos and Spaniards • Me 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 of the Madrid Filipinos 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 in the Philippines. NOVEMBER 1883 He transferred to
LODGE SOLIDARIDAD, where he become a Master Mason
► 22. 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.
► 23. 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)
► PARIS TO BERLIN Rizal went to Paris and Germany in
order to specialize in ophthalmology—Rizal chose this
branch of medicine because he wanted to cure his mother’s
eye ailment
► DR. LOIUS DE WECKERT He is the leading French
Ophthalmologist during the period. He is the leading
authority among the oculists of France, who found Rizal such
a competent student and make 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 posed in Luna’s canvass like, “The Blood Compact” in
which he posed as Sikatuna and Trinidad as Legaspi. 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.
► 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, a famous German Anthropologist; his son Dr. Hans
Virchow, a professor in anatomy; and Dr. W. Joest, a German
Geographer.
► RIZAL’S REASON IN STAYING IN BERLIN 1. To
gain further knowledge in Ophthalmology: 2. To
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.
► MARCH 11, 1886 One of Rizal’s important letters
written while he was in Germany that addressed to his
sister, Trinidad.
► MARCH 11, 1886 - In this 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 f irst novel, Noli Me Tangere came off the press
in March, 1887
► HARRIET BEECHER STOWE’S UNLCE TOM’S CABIN
- inspired Dr. Rizal to prepare a novel that would depict the
miseries of his people under the lash of Spanish tyrants.
► 37. 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-
GESSELSCHAFT - a printing shop which
charged the lowest rate, that is, 300 pesos for
2,00 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 (1887)
► 43. • Rizal and Viola left Berlin by train •
Dresden- one of the best cities in Germany •
Prometheus Bound-painting wherein Rizal
was deeply impressed • Teschen (now Decin,
Czechoslovakia)- next stopover after leaving
Dresedn MAY 11, 1887
► 44. •At 1:30pm 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
Blumentritt- a kind-hearted, old Austrian
professor
►Dr. Willkomm- professor of natural
history in the University of Prague
•According to Viola, “nothing of
importance happened” in this city
PRAGUE
►May 20, 1887- Rizal and Viola arrived
in the beautiful city of Vienna, capital
of Austria-Hungary •Vienna was truly
the “Queen of Danube” because of its
beautiful buildings, religious images,
haunting waltzes and majestic charm
VIENNA
► June 2 to 3, 1887 – stayed at Schaffhausen,
Switzerland CROSSING THE FRONTIER
TO SWITZERLAND
► 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 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
GENEVA
► 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 RIZAL IN 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 a 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.