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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 couch 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 couch 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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When you arrive at the airport Charleroi, than it is recommended to book already the tickets for the shuttlebus to Brussels
The shuttlebus arrives next to the Brussels South trainstation.
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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.cyclo.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	Jennifer De Weert 28, Female Brussels, Brussels Belgium Friends since April 2001 "I know you from the "best price" shop Colruyt ;-)" Friendship Type: Friend
Carolina Marinho 24, 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	Krikri Obrigado De Weert 26, Male Brussels, Brussels Belgium Friends since July 2002 "neighbour" Friendship Type: Best Friend    7
Nayoung Kim 31, Female Suwon, Gyeonggi-do South Korea Friends since July 2006 "met in Turkey" Friendship Type: Good 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
Samara Almeida 26, Female Recife, Pernambuco Brazil Friends since July 2008 "I surfed your couch " Friendship Type: CouchSurfing Friend    5	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
Hoyt Drake 73, 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+	Abdel Gallou 27, Male Mexico City, Distrito Federal Mexico Friends since July 2007 "Met in Pamukkale 4 Season Hotel, then become best friend." Friendship Type: Good Friend I vouched for Johan Brisaert    7
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From Jovan Djeric
 Novi Sad, Serbia
 ^{May 6}     

Positive

We surfed his couch. He accept one our friend despite she was no member of CS. he really love to travel. I am sending lot of sun to Dominique :)

From Angelica Maria Gomez Buitrago
 Blois, France
 ^{May 4}     

Positive

He's a cool person...he treated us as we were part of his family. Besides, he showed us how possible is to get your dreams come true!

From Nitin Jaiswal
 Halle, Belgium
 ^{Apr 16}    

Positive

It was pleasure meeting Johan during the Halle forest walk meetup.. and to know that we working in same company :)Down to earth personality !!

From Natalia Gomez
 Orleans, France
 ^{Apr 8}     

Positive

My experience as surfer in Johan and Dominique's hause was great! I enjoyed so much when I was there. It's amazing have the opportunity to know people like them, people that trust in the others. There are a beautiful couple and a very nice example of life. Thank you!!

From Camille Canaple
 Lille, France
 ^{Mar 13}     

Positive

It was really cool to surf Johan's couch; we had good talks, he showed me the African neighborhood... I was really happy to meet you and Dominique! I had a very good time. Obrigada! And Lille is missing in your Arc de Triomphe, keep in mind that you are very welcome :)

From Scott and Jen Belanger
 Lagrange, United States
 ^{Mar 11}     

Positive

Johan and Dominque hosted us for 3 fantastic days, and we are forever grateful and honored they accepted our request. We really enjoyed our time with them, sharing lots of stories and laughs. Johan and Dominque are true models of what couch surfing is all about.

 

From Marcel Vargas Perez
 Madrid, Spain
 ^{Mar 7}     

Positive

We spent two nights at the home of Dominique and Johan, They have been very kind to us. Dominique is a lovely girl from Cameroon who taught me all things in common that we Colombians and Cameroonians (especially food). Johan is the master of couchsurfing, and the perfect host. Hope to see you again.

 

From Tárcio Augusto
 Sao Paulo, Brazil
 ^{Feb 17}     

Positive

Hey Johan ! I stayed at Johan´s house for 4 days with a friend and thanks him we had a incredible good time in Brussels ! Johan is very kind and generous and an authentic couch surfer ! I do recomend him as your guest ! Thankyou very much Johan !

From YARA84
 Cuneo, Italy
 ^{Feb 13}    

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Johan has been really kind with us and he pick us up in the station when we called him saying that we were unable to reach the address. You should love birds (canarias) if you choose to surf Johan couch,'cause you will sleep with them (well, not in the cage!). His apartment is confortable and the couch really great to sleep.Johan give us great maps about the surrounding and good tips to save money; he bring us in a place where we can eat a very good Waffel and in a nice brewery; his wife is very kind and I'm sure you will not regret to meet them.

From Ela Górska
 Warsaw, Poland
 ^{Feb 1}     

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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!

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