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Despite the cold and drizzle this morning, over a hundred people joined me in tracing Rizal’s footsteps in Frankfurt.



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At the Frankfurt Bookfair with Mario Luscher of Tincatinca, Swiss publishing house. He translated Cabinet of Curosities into German. This is another bridge into Philippine culture for German readers.



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My Inquirer column today narrates a visit to the offsite storage of Weltkulturen Museum in Frankfurt to look at Philippine cabinets filled with Philippine Artifacts. I felt like a child in a candy store.
https://opinion.inquirer.net/186730/p...





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Led a small group of pilgrims to Rizal Park Wilhelmsfeld. Rizal wrote part of the Noli in this quiet town outside Heidelberg.



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Touchdown Frankfurt.
A busy week ahead in support of The Philippines as Guest of Honor at the Frankfurt Bookfair, the biggest and most important international gathering for books, publishers, designers, translators, and authors.





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Hope in the future.
The youngest person who had a book signed after my lecture in Ayala Museum was Sam. He is starting his dive into Philippine History at ten years old.



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If you think History is boring, you had a poor teacher.
You did not have me.
Ask the happy people who attended my lecture on Juan Luna this morning at the Ayala Museum.
I also gave a lecture on Fernando Zobel at the Ateneo Art Gallery last Saturday. Art History is another of my sidelines.
We missed History Comes Alive last year at the Ayala Museum due to scheduling issues. Series resumes this year but on November 29 and December 6.



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If you think History is boring, you had a bad teacher.
You did not have me. Ask the happy people who attended my lecture on Juan Luna this morning at the Ayala Museum.
I also gave a lecture on Fernando Zobel at the Ateneo Art Gallery last Saturday. Art History is another of my sidelines.
Finished two sold-out lectures at the Ateneo Art Gallery (on
We missed History Comes Alive last year at the Ayala Museum due to scheduling issues. Series resumes this year but on November 29 and Dece...

My Inquirer column today was prompted by the articles on Dovie Beams I came across in Republic Weekly of 1971 (see my post the other day )



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