 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 on board the Spanish steamer

Salvadora bound for Singapore

 After 5 days of sailing, the Salvadora reached Singapore

 He registered at Hotel dela Paz
 His two-days stop over were spent in visiting historic places

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 May 11, 1882 - From Singapore, he bounded to Djemnah ,
a French steamer bound for Europe

 May 17, 1882 – Djemnah made its stop over at the Point
Galle
 Rizal noted, “Point Galle, a seacoast town which is
picturesque but lonely, quiet and sad

 May 18, 1882 – Djemnah docked at Colombo

 Rizal said, “Colombo is more beautiful, smart and
elegant than Singapore, Point Galle and Manila

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 The Djemnah continued to voyage crossing the Indian Ocean to
the Cape of Guardaful - for Rizal, this was an inhospitable land
but famous

 The next stopover was in Aden - this was the first time Rizal
stepped in African soil and saw real camels.

 From Aden, the Djemnah arrived at the Port Said in the City of
Suez

 From Port Said, the ship arrived at Napoli (Italy)

 After the brief stop at Napoli, the ship proceeded to Marseilles

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 Rizal left Marseilles and they finally reached Barcelona - the
second largest city of Spain and the greatest city of Cataluña

 While in Barcelona, Rizal wrote a nationalistic essay entitled,

Love of Country (Amor Patrio) – this was his first article
written in Spain’s soil under the pen name LAONG LAAN

 He send this to his friend Basilio Teodoro Moran - the publisher

of Diariong Tagalog

 Diariong Tagalog - the first Manila newspaper that published

both Spanish and Tagalog

 The Amor Patrio was published on August 20, 1882 in two texts.

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 Marcelo H. del Pilar - he made the translation of Amor Patrio in
Tagalog text.

 Rizal in his essay (Amor Patrio):

 He urged the Filipinos to to love the Philippines
 He wanted them to be free, people with dignity and honor
according to God’s plan and not slaves.

 Los Viajes (Travels) – second article of Diariong Tagalog

 Revista De Madrid (Review of Madrid) - third article of Diariong
Tagalog, it was returned to Rizal and stopped the publication
because of lack of funds

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 November 3, 1882 – Rizal left Barcelona and he enrolled at the
Central University of Madrid (Universidad Central de Madrid)
for the Licentiate in Medicine and Philosophy and Letters

 He also took up lessons in painting and sculpture at the

Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando (Academy of Fine
Arts of San Pedro) as well as lessons in French, German and
English

 He was a voracious reader and with many books he read, two

books left a deep impression on him: The Uncle Tom’s Cabin by
Harriet Beecher Stowe and The Wandering Jew by Eugene Sue

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 Aside from his studies, Rizal had the chance to meet
Consuelo Ortiga y Perez

 Rizal fell inlove with Consuelo but because of Eduardo

de Lete, Rizal did not pursue his feelings but instead he
made a poem for Consuelo

 Rizal joined the Hispano-Philippine Circle (Circulo

Hispano-Filipino) – a society of Spaniards and Filipinos

 He wrote a poem entitled, They Ask Me For Verses (Me

Piden Verses) upon the request of his co-members.

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 Rizal came in close contact with the Spanish liberals
and republicans who were mostly masons

 He discovered the political possibilities of becoming a

Mason, so he joined the Masonic Lodge called Acacia in
Madrid with the Masonic name DIMASALANG

 While in Madrid, the Filipinos including Rizal were having

financial problems however, they were inspired by the
victory of Juan Lunas painting “Spolarium” and
Resurrecion Hidalgo’s painting “Christian Virgins
Exposed to the Populace”

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 Rizal completed his medical course and was conferred
the degree of Licentiate in Medicine by the Universidad
Central de Madrid on June 21, 1884

 The next academic year, he studied and passed all the

subjects leading to the degree of Doctor of Medicine but
was not awarded his Doctor’s Diploma

 He was also awarded the degree of Licentiate in

Philosophy and Letters on June 19, 1885 with the rating
of “Sobresaliente”

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 With Rizal’s relentless search for relevant education and
advance studies, he went to Paris, France and Berlin
(Germany) to specialize in Ophthalmology

 Maximo Viola – a friend of Rizal and a medical student

who belonged to a rich family in San Miguel, Bulacan
 Don Miguel Morayta – the owner of La Publicidad

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 February 3, 1886 – Rizal reached Heidelberg – a historic
city in Germany famous for its old university

 He worked at the University Eye Hospital under the

supervision of Dr. Otto Becker

 During his stay in Heidelberg, he lived with a Protestant

pastor Dr. Karl Ullmen, who became his good friend

 “A Las Flores de Heidelberg” - this was written during

his stay in the city of Heidelberg

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 Rizal wrote a German letter to Professor Ferdinand
Blumentritt on July 31, 186 because he knew that
Blumentritt was interested in Philippine languages

 Rizal sent a book entitled Arithmetica to Blumentritt

 Blumentritt became the best friend of Rizal

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 June 19 in Geneva, Switzerland celebrated his 26th
birthday

 After two weeks, then he toured the Italy

 Rome – “Eternal City” and “City of Caesars”

 Vatican – “Seat of Authority of the Roman Catholic
Church” and “City of Popes”

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