http://beta.razoo.com/blog/show/21731 Sat, 24 Nov 2007 16:57:25 GMT Latest posts from Jaime Koppel's community blog http://beta.razoo.com/blog_post/6938/show <p>We departed Pristina around 1:30pm on Friday, November 2nd in order to drop Ramoosh off at the kennel and make it to the airport in time for our flight to Vienna. From Vienna we ambled through the terminal filled with expensive designer shops and boarded our flight to Paris. Once we arrived in Paris, we [...]</p> Sat, 24 Nov 2007 16:57:25 GMT http://beta.razoo.com/blog/rss/22295 Jaime Koppel http://beta.razoo.com/blog_post/6436/show <p>After our Saturday adventure in the Rugova Mountains, E and I didn’t slow down. Within fifteen minutes of our arrival home we had taken the dog out, showered, and made decent attempts at looking presentable so we could join Stephen and Nagham for a  celebration of Nagham’s promotion and her mom’s good health. A great [...]</p> Thu, 15 Nov 2007 13:13:42 GMT http://beta.razoo.com/blog/rss/22295 Jaime Koppel http://beta.razoo.com/blog_post/6435/show <p>Two weekends ago, E & I had the opportunity to join Stephen and Nagham for the first night of the annual Skopje Jazz Festival. It was flamenco night, and while both the opening act and the headliner were phenomenal, I especially enjoyed the opener: Juan Carmona. Since we had phenomenal seats in the first row, [...]</p> Thu, 15 Nov 2007 13:13:42 GMT http://beta.razoo.com/blog/rss/22295 Jaime Koppel http://beta.razoo.com/blog_post/6434/show <p>There was no sitting around for the Koppels this past weekend. On Saturday morning we got up early to meet Art & Marsha in front of E’s office. Equipped with the requisite chocolate croissants we headed east to the Peja region. Known as the town where the Kosovo beer brewery is located, Peja is more [...]</p> Thu, 15 Nov 2007 13:13:42 GMT http://beta.razoo.com/blog/rss/22295 Jaime Koppel http://beta.razoo.com/blog_post/6433/show <p>It snowed here in Pristina last night. As E and I walked down the street towards the Phoenix Bar to watch the Rugby World Cup Final, the power went out with it’s typical “pop.” In the near darkness through which we trudged, hats on and heads down, the rain seemed to begin a metamorphosis… “is [...]</p> Thu, 15 Nov 2007 13:13:42 GMT http://beta.razoo.com/blog/rss/22295 Jaime Koppel http://beta.razoo.com/blog_post/6432/show <p>J’s SIPA classmate Steve K recently arrived in Pristina to visit with Steve F., another SIPA classmate who also works for UNMIK. It was our duty to show Steve K the sites - a responsibility we took very seriously! Since there was a long weekend this past week, on Friday morning the 2 steves, J [...]</p> Thu, 15 Nov 2007 13:13:42 GMT http://beta.razoo.com/blog/rss/22295 Jaime Koppel http://beta.razoo.com/blog_post/6431/show <p>Two weekends ago, E and I went to a party at Zeynep and Ufuk’s house in Dragodan (a neighborhood in Pristina). Since the evening turned into a riddle fest, we found ourselves leaving there very late (highly out of character for us ol’ fogies). <br />When we walked into our apartment at 2:30am, I went straight into [...]</p> Thu, 15 Nov 2007 13:13:42 GMT http://beta.razoo.com/blog/rss/22295 Jaime Koppel http://beta.razoo.com/blog_post/6430/show <p>Did you know that somewhere between 5-10% of Kosovar Albanians are Catholic while the remainder of the region is comprised of approximately 90% Albanian Muslims and 5% Serbian Orthodox Christians? <br />Now here’s a quiz for you. Who is Albania’s most famous Catholic? I’ll give you a hint - it is a woman. Do you know now? [...]</p> Thu, 15 Nov 2007 13:13:42 GMT http://beta.razoo.com/blog/rss/22295 Jaime Koppel http://beta.razoo.com/blog_post/6429/show <p>After arriving in Pristina on September 1st,  I spent a day catching up on some long overdue sleep. E took me on a walking tour of town, but other than that we just lazed around our apartment in Downtown Pristina. <br />On the morning of the 3rd we headed back to the airport for an afternoon flight [...]</p> Thu, 15 Nov 2007 13:13:42 GMT http://beta.razoo.com/blog/rss/22295 Jaime Koppel http://beta.razoo.com/blog_post/6428/show <p>I returned from Cofradia late in the evening on the 27th of August. I had three and a half days to pack up our apartment - keeping only what possessions would fit into a 5′x5′x8′ storage unit in the South Bronx. Baby Cat and I would depart for Pristina, Kosovo on Friday afternoon. <br />Thankfully, I had [...]</p> Thu, 15 Nov 2007 13:13:42 GMT http://beta.razoo.com/blog/rss/22295 Jaime Koppel