Today is a holiday, All saints day. Not that big of a holiday, but it comes with perks. Many monuments, galleries, etc are free from 10:00-14:00, woot. So our whirlwind tour of Lisbon continues…
Breakfast in the hotel. Not too much going on here just coffee and bread. Again, its free, so can’t really complain.

Free Tourist Stop #1: Monastery of Jeronimos
Neat place, 16th Century Architecture, they had a special 500 year anniversary exhibit that was pretty interesting. It had a timeline of the last 500 years of history in 3 sections.
* History of Lisbon
* History of Portugal
* History of The World
It was an interesting way to present a historical timeline.
Free Tourist Stop #2: National Archeology Museum
Um…Old stuff..egyptian, roman, etc… The only real memorable thing from here was a full size reconstruction of an ancient sauna.
Free Tourist Stop #3: Tower of Belem
Neat castley type thing, it guarded the entrance to the city from the river. Complete with canons, moats, drawbridge, etc.
Free Tourist Stop #4: Boat Monument
Nothing to say about this thing, just a big monument.

So with the free stuff out of the way, we had lunch and made our way back to the city center. Lurking high above the east side of the old downtown, which is where we are staying, lies the Castle of St. George. We decide against taking the bus to the top and hoof it. Good idea, its not too bad of a climb, and we get to stop at a church on the way up, I don’t remember the name our much about the inside, but I do remember that it was big, and Eli put a Euro in our of those little boxes that begs for your money. I gave her a funny look, and she said “We’ve been in so many churches, and enjoyed so much art work inside, I figured I’d donate something.” Good point, we’d probably been in 30+ churches. The only ones that stick out in my head still are St Peters in Rome and St Marks in Venice. Those two were simply amazing places. Anyways…up to the castle…Um.. tiny line here(20 minutes), so we grab some ice cream and sit it out. Once we’re in, we stroll around for some spectacular views of the city and the river. We walked around the castle grounds for an hour or so, climbing to the top of some of the towers, taking pictures, the usual. When we were leaving Eli’s generosity bug hit her again and she gave guy playing guitar in the center of the courtyard a euro. I don’t know if it was because she took a picture of him and her conscious told her to, but it was well worth it. As Eli said, he made the atmosphere much nicer the whole time we were there.

After that, it was time to research of trains for the next day. So we grabbed the laptop and went out scavenging. It took some time, but we were finally successful. We strolled into a 5 star hotel on the outskirts of downtown, and perfecto, free wifi. So we ordered 2 beers, and sat on the couch in the lobby.