La Casa Morisca: Part V
It’s my last night in Granada, but I know I’ll return to what I now call my second home. I walk through the Albaicín to capture where it all started: the majestic Alhambra.
Photo: Mukund Desibhatla
My m...
La Casa Morisca: Part IV
It’s 2:30PM. The clock is ticking and my legs can’t stop shaking. I look over at the whiteboard as Señora MariCarmen writes down the last characteristic of Spanish Romanticism. She concludes an anecdote about ...
La Casa Morisca: Part III
Latino culture is growing internationally, and 2020 has already carried significant milestones for its music. Last month, Rosalía won a Grammy for the best Latino Album. Shakira, JLo, Bad Bunny and J Balvin ga...
La Casa Morisca: Part II
Time has flown by, yet it feels like months have passed. As a natural foodie, I have my favorite spots in the city figured out: espresso from Dulcimena, falafel from Kebap Damasco, and tapas from Los Diamantes...
La Casa Morisca
¡Qué tal! My name is Mukund Desibhatla, and I am thrilled to make Granada, Spain my home for the next five months. I am a junior at UConn pursuing a double major in Physiology & Neurobiology and Spanish. I...
Escribe España: The Grand Finale
It’s been ten weeks. By the time you read this I’ll probably be on my nine-hour flight to JFK airport. Where has the time gone?
I told you in my first blog that while in Spain, I would focus on the things t...
Escribe España: La Naturaleza
Hola Huskies! This is one of the last times I will be reporting to Storrs from Salamanca. One week from today, I’ll be back in the states enjoying the traditional New England winter with the rest of you. ...
Escribe España: Lessons Learned
With a mere 21 days to go, I have been thinking a lot about what I have learned during my time abroad. Don’t worry Mom and Dad, I have learned a LOT of español (after all, that’s what I’m here for) but there h...
Escribe España: All in good time
I can’t believe I’m saying this: I come home next month. When I arrived here, time seemed to stop as I adapted to the culture around me and absorbed the history that Salamanca has had to offer—but time ha...
Escribe España: The sky’s the limit
Hola Huskies! The weeks here in Salamanca are flying by and less than 50 days from now I will be back at UConn Nation. While I am ecstatic to come home, I have taken great care in capturing the experiences tha...