It was a holiday from school today (we get a lot of unexpected holidays where we don't have to go to school yet no one can tell us what the actual holiday celebrates, I'm not complaining though) so Derek and I decided to take advantage of the day off to go see a city about two hours outside of Lisbon by train named Tomar. It definitely felt a lot more like a small city in the interior of Portugal, much smaller and quieter yet absolutely beautiful. A few of the main sights there that we saw were the church of Sao Joao Baptista, located in Tomar's main square, and the Convento de Cristo located high up on the mountain overlooking the city. The Convento de Cristo was basically a huge castle and palace that was a lot of fun to explore (we even got to get in free because it was a holiday, another unexpected blessing!). The convent was founded in 1160 by the Grand Master of the Templars, and was used by Henry the Navigator and Joao III. It was a magnificent castle, one of the best I have seen so far without a doubt. Tomar on the whole was a lot of fun to see and explore, I'm glad I got to see another one of Portugal's beautiful towns.
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