Yesterday I stumbled upon, and decided to participate in, the Alfama Marathon of Photography.  The goal was to respond to twelve prompts by taking digital photos in the Alfama neighborhood and go to six checkpoints within the given time period.  I do not expect to win any prizes for my photos.  Some of the questions I didn’t really even understand (there were no English translations).  But, I did met some people and saw some interesting parts of the neighborhood.  I also got a t-shirt that says “THINK after leaving Portugal” in English.  The event was well attended, and I was out of place not to have my digital SLR.  I have never spent that much time with photography as the main focus.  One of the stops was a public structure for washing clothes where they had a fado group performing.  Another was this little Romanian Orthodox church that I did not know existed.  It was a nice random way to spend the afternoon.  Then I went out to Barrio Alto with a new friend from the photo marathon.  This is the link to their website, where eventually, I expect, the results from the competition will be posted: http://blog.app-alfama.org/