Johan Brisaert

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BRUSSELS CS ORGANISATION 10:1182	Brussels 11678:47812 Why: The capital of europe, the place where I live.
Last minute couch in Belgium 1890:8928	New Member Welcome 565:12378 Why: I will help new members to find them way on CS.
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My nice wife and I, we live in the wonderfull European capital Brussels, on walking distance from the historical centre. We live next to the trainstation from where you can find public transport to every town in Belgium. In our appartment on the 14 th floor, we have in our livingroom a couch available for one or two persons. If you bring a sleepingbag to sleep on a thin mat, than it is possible to host a few more people. We don't smoke. When we are not working, we'll be pleased to show you around, otherwise, we can give you information.
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ATTENTION : Tell us in a personal request why you want to sleep on our coach and not on one of the other 999 ones in Brussels and see your changes increase by about 500 %. Just a little friendly hint.
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Our coach is not an hotelbed, but a place where cultures meet each other, and can learn something from each other.
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We don't have a limit for the days you can stay, if you don't stay here all your life it is ok :). It depends of your travel schedule.
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"There are no strangers, only friends I haven't yet met!"
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Contact Method
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- via CouchSurfing
- sending a carrier pigeon
- trow a bottle with the message in the sea, when it pass the river here, I will open it.
- or you call : "Johaaaaan !!!" and I'll hear you.
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For urgent couch requests, you can use the group "Last Minute Couch in Belgium" This group usually works out.
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Take a look at www.visitbelgium.com to have already an idea about Belgium.
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how to make Belgian waffles
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1 kg. self raising flower flour
1 liter milk
12 eggs
400 gr. sugar
300 gr. butter
4 little packets vanilla sugar

in a bowl, mix the self raising flower flour with the milk and the egg yolks

in an other bowl, mix the melted butter with the sugar, the vanilla sugar and the stiffly beaten egg whites

put the two bowls together

make the waffle-iron very hot

do the dough in the waffle-iron till it is gold-yellow

enjoy the waffles



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Oh, by the way. Belgians say it always rains in Belgium. Well that's partly true. You can check the weather here: www.meteo.be (website of the Royal Meteorological Institute)... so quite accurate. You can change language in the top right corner. Brussels is located in the centre of the map). An umbrella can become a handy tool here.
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Click on this link for information about: the public transport in Brussels to prepare your stay in Brussels.

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Every mondayevening at 9pm Brussels CS'ers are coming together in café De Monk

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There is a good no commercial tourism office for young people in the centre of Brussels. On them web page you can download free maps from Brussels:
http://use-it.be/en/page/20/use-it/
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If you like to bike, there is a compagny who offers "Brussels bike tours". They guide you trough all the main sights in 4 hours time. (from 1 February till 30 November) www.brusselsbiketours.com
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To rent a bike during one or several days, take a look at www.recyclo.org
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See the world's Top 100 wonders before you die !
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After surfing our coach, we can give you some ideas for your next destination. A good help with that is this site : www.hillmanwonders.com - There is a CS group about it : www.couchsurfing.com/group.html?gid=3
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From the Top 100 I saw already :
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Taj Mahal
Acropolis
Cappadocia
St Peter's Basilica
Louvre Museum
Burj Al Arab
Burj Khalifa
Canals of Venice
Versailles
Hagia Sofia
Amazon Rain Forest
Pompeii
Prague Old Town
Colosseum of Rome
Forbidden City
Golden Pavilion
Topkapi Palace
Eiffel Tower
Petronas Towers
British Museum
Varanasi/Ganges
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Oh yes, one thing. Not showing up, without letting me know before = negative reference. Sorry.
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What you dream alone, stays a dream.
What we dream together, becomes reality.
So let's dream together,
from a world full of peace,
understanding,
and happiness.
Because if we can dream it,
we can do it !
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HOSGELDINIZ!
WELCOME!
BIENVENID@!
BEMVINDO!
BIENVENUE!
السلام عليكم
שלום
BENVENUTO!
歡迎
ISTEN HOZOTT!
स्वागत
ยินดีต้อนรับ
კეთილი იყოს თქვენი მობრძანება
καλωσόρισμα
TERVETULOA!
SELAMAT DATANG!
Добредојдовте
רצוי
BENVINGUDA!
MALIGAYANG PAGDATING!
вітаць
приветствовать
добродошао
באַגריסןI
MIRËPRITUR!
Добро пожаловать!
خوش آمد
VITEJTE!
VELKOMMEN!
FAILTE !
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Dominique Segue 27, Female Brussels, Brussels Belgium Friends since September 2008 "he's my number one, my lovely husband" Friendship Type: Best Friend I vouched for Johan Brisaert	Krikri Obrigado De Weert 25, Male Brussels, Brussels Belgium Friends since July 2002 "neighbour" Friendship Type: Best Friend    7
Carolina Marinho 23, Female Recife, Pernambuco Brazil Friends since July 2008 "He is my very friend, and also host/surfer" Friendship Type: Close Friend I vouched for Johan Brisaert    10   14   1	Nayoung Kim 31, Female Suwon, Gyeonggi-do South Korea Friends since July 2006 "met in Turkey" Friendship Type: Good Friend
Jennifer De Weert 27, Female Brussels, Brussels Belgium Friends since April 2001 "I know you from the "best price" shop Colruyt ;-)" Friendship Type: Friend	Krishna Brown 92, Male Madrid, Madrid Spain Friends since November 2007 "He was my first couchsurf host and a very good one!" Friendship Type: Good Friend I vouched for Johan Brisaert    3
Joeri Baelemans 22, Male Halle, Flemish-Brabant Belgium Friends since February 2010 "We met eachother for the first time at work!" Friendship Type: Close Friend I vouched for Johan Brisaert	Samara Almeida 26, Female Recife, Pernambuco Brazil Friends since July 2008 "I surfed your couch " Friendship Type: CouchSurfing Friend    5
Martine Neukermans 45, Several people Ninove, East-Flanders Belgium Friends since October 1969 "he's my cousin" Friendship Type: Good Friend    7	Hoyt Drake 72, Male Magnetic Island, Queensland Australia Friends since April 2006 "We met at the Backpackers where he worked in Pamukkale, Turkey in April 2006 and spent 4-5 weeks hiking and exploring the region together ..." Friendship Type: Close Friend    30+
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From Ela Górska
 Warsaw, Poland
 ^{Feb 1}     

Positive

It was great to be hosted by Johan. He hosted me for one night in Brussels and even though I came rather late at night, he managed to arrange midnight express sightseeing, which was great and very instructuve:D I enjoyed it a lot and would recommend his company to everyone! Thank you very much, Johan! You are welcome in Warsaw!

 

From SeRdaR SEVINC
 Bursa, Turkey
 ^{Jan 4}    

Positive

he organised a meeting ( x-mass edition ) and we joined with my host. he has a lovely family. nice to meet you..!

From Eduardo Samuel Penayo Morinigo
 Panevezys, Lithuania
 ^{Dec 26, 2011}     

Positive

INGLES:johan is really interesting guy.with his new job we had very interesting talks about politics and how the things work in belgium and in another places,and he introduced USE IT...a young organization with excellent...REALLY GREAT guides for youung travelers!!i highly recommed it...and johan too!!!big hug my friend!

ESPANOL:tuve una gran experiencia con johan.aun estando muy ocupado pudimos compartir charlas muy interesantes acerca de belgica. siempre muy pedispuesto a ayudar al coucher,uno se siente muy comodo.gracias por todo!

ARGENTINO.en esa casa se respira amor, una pareja impresionante, con la que da gusto pasar el tiempo.ojala nos podamos ver prontito!!!:)

From Olga Darkadaki
 Athens, Greece
 ^{Dec 22, 2011}     

Positive

Johan is truly dedicated to the cause and values of CS. He showed us pictures of his many many journeys and was very willing to share his experience and thoughts.
Nikos and I want to thank you Johan and Dominique for trusting us, for being very easy going and for welcoming us to your home. I hope you both continue to spread the word about CS because you're really doing a good job at it!
I hope we meet again! :)

 

From Antonio DORTA LORENZO
 La Orotava, Spain
 ^{Dec 14, 2011}     

Positive

Johan is the real spirit of CS, you can feel it when speaking to him. We spent a couple of days with him and her nice wife in Brussels and we could enjoy some very interesting talks. We received valuable tips and one day we hope to have his experience in CS (we'll try hard to get it!!! ;) So let's meet next time somewhere in the world, maybe in Asia, in your theatre or wherever!!! ;)

From PAIS VALENCIA
 Valencia, Spain
 ^{Nov 27, 2011}    

Positive

Johan offered me his couch, and I was really happy about it. Unfourtunately, I was not able to fligh there in the last minute =_ (.

But the fact that i havent met him personally make me no doubt about how good host and surfer he is. I got a good feeling with him, I found all his information in is profile really useful.

So many thanks for giving me your couch, ambassor! and its a pitty I couldnt visit your city!

From Cyndi Yu
 Salzburg, Austria
 ^{Nov 24, 2011}     

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Johan is really an active couchsurfing participant and organizer! Luckily to surf at his couch during my Brussels stay. I visited his mum and lovely daughter Sofie! They were all so warm and nice to me! Of course and his wife Dominick so friendly! Thank you for all these!

From DRIDUBLIN
 Dublin, Ireland (Republic of)
 ^{Nov 24, 2011}     

Positive

Johan and Dominique are great hosts. They made us feel welcome and comfortable in their home and are great fun :)

From Thiago Giacomini
 Dublin, Ireland (Republic of)
 ^{Nov 23, 2011}     

Positive

Johan and Dominique are great people. They really know how to make you feel at home. They are very friendly, nice and cozy. they were a very important part to make this a wonderful trip.
Thank you, you are always welcome in Dublin

From Henri Lieutaud
 Lille, France
 ^{Nov 18, 2011}     

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Johan hosted me 2 days in November in Brussels, and it was a great experience. We really felt at home during 2 days: Johan and Dominique helped us choosing what to visit, and they came with us to share some beers. Nice memories!

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