Rizal's First Trip Abroad

3 May 1882 26 May 1882

Rizal left Philippines for the first time Spain. He boarded Rizal was nearing the African coast
the Salvadora using a passport of Jose Mercado, which
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was procured for him by his uncle Antonio Rivera, father
of Leonor Rivera. He was accompanied to the quay He landed at Aden at about 8:30 a.m. He made
where the Salvadora was moored by his uncle Antonio, observation at the time.
Vicente Gella, and Mateo Evangelista.
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4 May 1882
He arrived at the Suez Canal en route to Marseilles.
He got seasick on board the boat.
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5 May1882
He was quarantined on board the Djemnah in the Suez
He conversed with the passengers of the ship; he was Canal.
still feeling sea-sick
6 June 1882
6 May 1882
It was the fourth day at Suez Canal and was still
He played chess with the passengers on board. quarantined on board of the boat.
8 May 1882 7 June 1882
He saw mountains and Islands. Rizal arrived at Port Said. In a letter to his parents, He
described his trip en route to Aden along the Suez Canal
9 May 1882
11 June 1882
Rizal arrived at Singapore.
Rizal disembarked and, accompanied by a guide, went
10 May 1882
around the City of Naples for one hour. This was the first
He went around the town of Singapore and maid some European ground he set foot on.
observations.
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11 May 1882
At ten o’clock in the evening, the boat anchored at
In Singapore, at 2 p.m., Rizal boarded the boat Djemnah Marseilles. He sleptn board.
to continue his trip to Spain. He found the boat clean
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and well kept.
Early on the morning he landed at Marseilles and
12 May 1882
boarded at the Noalles Hotel. Later he around for
He had a conversation with the passengers of the boat. observation.

13 May 1882 14 June 1882

Rizal was seasick again. His second in Marseilles.

14 May 1882 15 June 1882

On his way to Marseilles, Rizal had a terrible dream. He He left Marseilles for Barcelona in an express train.
dreamed he was traveling with Neneng (Saturnina) and
their path was blocked by snakes.
Rizal in Barcelona, Spain
May 15 1882
16 June 1882
Rizal had another disheartening dream. He dreamed he
returned to Calamba and after meeting his parents who At 12:00 noon, Rizal arrived at Barcelona and boarded in
did not talk to him because of not having consulted the Fonda De España.
them about his first trip abroad, he returned traveling
abroad with one hundred pesos he again borrowed. He 23 June 1882
was so sad and broken hearted. Soon he woke up and In a letter, Rizal related to his parents his experiences
found himself inside his cabin. during his trip from Port Said to Barcelona. In the same
17 May 1882 Letter, he requested them to send him a birth certificate
and statement showing that he had parents in the
Rizal arrived at Punta de Gales. Philippines.
18 May 1882 18 August 1882
At 7:30 a.m., he left Punta de Gales for Colombo. In the P. Leoncio Lopez of Calamba issued a certified copy of
afternoon, Rizal arrived at Colombo and in the evening Rizal’s birth certificate.
the trip was resumed.
20 August 1882 In a letter Rizal appraised his brother Paciano of his
activities in Madrid, his impressions of the city and his
His article "Amor Patrio" was published in the Diarong
meeting with his friends in gathering. In part he said:
Tagalog, a Manila newspaper edited by Basilio Teodoro.
"The Tuesday of the Carnival we had a Filipino luncheon
This was the First article he wrote abroad.
and dinner in the house of the Pateros, each one
contributing one duro. We ate with our hands, boiled
rice, chicken adobo, fried fish and roast pig.
Rizal in Madrid, Spain
2 May 1882
2 September 1882
Rizal recollected his past impressions when he left his
Rizal matriculated at the Universidad Central de Madrid. hometown Calamba. This day he attended a fiesta in
He took the following subjects: medical clinic, surgical Madrid.
clinic, legal medicine and obstetrical clinic.
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2 October 1882
In a letter, Rizal was informed by Paciano of the 1,350
He attended his regular classes which stared in all loaves of milled sugar produced from the Pansol farm
earnest. and at the same time granting him to proceed to Paris
4 October 1882 as soon as he finished the medical course in Madrid.

Asked to deliver a poem by the members of Circulo 15 June 1883

Hispano-Filipino, there together in the effort to save the Rizal left Madrid for Paris to spend his summer and to
association from disintegration, Rizal recited "Me piden observe the big French City.
versus." The meeting was held at the house of Pablo
Ortiga y Rey.

7 October 1882 Rizal in Paris, France

He attended again of the Circulo Hisfano-Filipino held in 17 June 1883

house of Mr. Ortiga.
Rizal arrived at Paris. He spent the whole day walking
2 November 1882 around and observing the beautiful cities.

He wrote the article "Revista de Madrid" which was in 18 June 1883

intended for publication in the Diarong Tagalog in
With Felipe Zamora and Cunanan, He visited the
Manila, but was not published because the newspaper
Leannec Hospital to observe how Dr, Nicaise treated his
stops its circulation.
patients. He was stunned to see the advanced facilities
7 November 1882 in the accommodation in the said hospital.

Rizal wrote an article entitled "Las Dudas". The article 19 June 1883
was signed Laong - Laan.
He again visited Dr. Nicaise who showed the technique
30 December 1882 of operation. Later he went to see dupytren Museum.

In a letter, Rizal revealed to Paciano his plan of going to 20 June 1883

Paris or Rome in June. He wanted to practice French in
Rizal visited the Lariboisiere Hospital where Felix Pardo
Paris and Italian in Rome and to observe the customs of
de Tavera was an extern. Here he observe the
people in those cities.
examination of the different diseases of women.
- In the evening, Rizal dreamed he was an actor dying in
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the scene, feeling intensely the shortage of his breath,
the weakening of his strength, and darkening of his After watching the done by Dr. Duply, he went to the
sight. He woke up tired and breathless. Jardin d’ Acclimatation situated outside the Paris in the
Forest of Bologna. He found there plants of all species
1 January 1883
and the rarest and most beautiful birds.
Rizal felt sad in the morning. He recollected the terrible
5 July 1883
dream he had the previous night.
In a letter to his parents, sisters and brother, Rizal
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continued describing the museum, buildings and
He attended the birthday of Pablo Ortiga with some of hospitals he had visited in Paris.
the Filipinos.
2 August 1883
16 January 1883
In a letter to his parents, he continued describing his
He attended the masquerade ball in Alhambra with visits to museum and his excursions to important place
some of his countrymen. in Paris.

13 February 1883