9. They left Dresden and went to Teschen as next
stopover. They sent wire to Blumentritt.
10. Leitmeritz, Bohemia
May 13, 1887 at 1:30pm, they arrived in the railroad
station where Prof. Ferdinand Blumentritt was there.
11. Blumentritt helped the two get a room at Hotel Krebs.
They stayed there from May 13-16, 1887.
12. 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 wellknown scholar.
13. 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.
14. 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.
16. 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.
18. 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.
19. they visited :
churches
art galleries
public parks
museums
theatres
they met 2 good Austrian scholars who are friend of
Blumentritt:
Masner and Nordmann
20.
21. Lintz
on May 24, they rode on a river boat to see Danube
River.
22. 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
23. 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”.
25. Switzerland
They crossed the border to Schaffhausen,
Switzerland.
they stayed from June 2-3, 1887.
they continued their tour to Basel, Bern and
Lausanne.
26. Geneva
They crossed foggy Leman Lake to Geneva.
One of most beautiful cities in the world.
June 19, 1877, Rizal’s 26th
birthday.
They spent 15 days in
Geneva.
On June 23, they parted
ways: Viola returned to
Barcelona and Rizal went to Italy.
27. Madrid Exposition
There was an Exposition of the
Philippines held in Madrid, Spain.
Igorots were exhibited, some were
died.