#5 Flickr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/la_grasse_matinee/523835993/

One of my favourite places - Granada in southern Spain. I was fortunate enough to spend half a year there as a student in 1973. I studied French and Spanish for my degree and the 3rd year of my course was divided between the 2 countries. I was there during the reign of the Fascist dictator General Franco, and the University of Granada (along with most unis in Spain) was closed indefinitely because of student protests. I did attempt to borrow some books from the university library but it was a genuine "closed access" library. No-one except the librarians were actually allowed to see the books on the shelves, and I had to fill in a request form which was then sent down in a kind of old-fashioned lift to the bowels of the earth.. Several hours later the requested books would emerge. Ironic, I guess, that more than 30 years later Spain is now one of the most liberal of European democracies..
I'm afraid this isn't really about technology at all, but at least I managed to get the link from Flickr on to my Blog!!