Jasper Haenen

Jasper Haenen

Current Mission: "Sing songs, spin stories, love, laugh and drink wine "

Personal Designations

Couch available Vouched for47

Community Designations

City Ambassador (Utrecht)
ContributionTraveling Band and Musician
Netherlands
Utrecht
Lat: 52.08, Lon: 5.13
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General Information

Jasper Haenen is a CS City Ambassador for Utrecht, Netherlands!
Jasper Haenen is a CS Traveling Band or Musician!
Jasper Haenen has been vouched for
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Couch availableYes
CouchSurf requests replied to99%
member sinceMarch 8th, 2007
profile views8553
age30
genderMale
membernameKILGORETROUT
occupationTelling Dutch high-schoolkids about the world aka Geography teacher
educationUniversity of Life (and officially Urban Planning / Social Geography at the Utrecht University)
grew up inGemert, Brabant, the Netherlands
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Languages

  • Dutch (Netherlands)Expert
  • English (United Kingdom)Expert
  • GermanBeginner
  • FrenchBeginner

Groups I Belong To

Brainstorm ~ Redefined 990:5897Ambassador's Public 6375:9792
Utrecht 1647:7997
Why: Utreg me statsie, and proud of it!
Netherlands 19181:5250
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Couch Available: Yes
Preferred Gender: Any
Max Surfers Per Night: 10

Shared Sleeping Surface: No
Shared Room: No

I live together in a nice house with my girlfriend Liza (also a CS ambassador). The attic is a seperate couchsurfingroom. If necessary we could squeeze a lot people in, but we rather keep it personal and host just a few people at a time and not more than around 4 times a month (that is in average of course).

SURFING WITH ME?
My couch and me are a packagedeal. I'm interested to get to know people I host, this only works if you're also interested in me :) I might be busy with work, but will always try to spend time with you (going to CS-meetings, showing you Utrecht, sharing dinner, playing boardgames, etc). If you're into this, we might be looking forward to a great time, if you're only looking for a free hostel, please don't contact me.

UTRECHT!
I love my city and claim to know a lot about it. I love to show people around to introduce them to the reasons I love this city (history, architecture, nightlife, bars, people, etc).

HOUSE
I live together with Liza and Mees (a shy but curious cat). The house is located near the popular, multicultural neighbourhood called Lombok (famous among other things for good and cheap food). The station is hardly more then 10 min. walking. Allthough there are a lot of activities nearby the house is on a relative quit spot.

Check for info for Couchsurfers about Utrecht in the CouchWiki or Utrecht on Google maps



WHEN?
I get more requests then I can host, so consider yourself lucky I you can stay with me. Best time to surf my place is in the weekends when I have time to show you around. In weekdays me and my girlfriend have to work, I can also host people on those days, but that means not minding to get up early in the morning and entertain yourself. A small clue on the availability of my couch (of course doens't say all), can be seen in my online agenda:




REQUESTING:
If you want me to be happy when I receive your request consider the following things:
* Please show something from yourself (either in your profile or in your message). I don't host people I don't know anything about. It's always cool to know in advance that you have something to talk about (it definately makes me more willing to host people).
* Please show that you took an effort to find out about me. I'm not a hotel. So only request if you think you can have a cool time with me and please check my google-agenda if you are able to.
* Utrecht is not a suburb of Amsterdam. I tend to get sad If people only talk about Amsterdam in couchrequests.
* It is a bit waste of both your and my time to send the same message to both me and my girlfriend Liza (we offer the same couch), above that, this way we will see how much you have copypasted ;)
* An extra welcome goes out to everyone who travels by responsible means (bike, hitchhiking, train, etc).

If you want to show in an easy way that you've red all of this you could put the world "Yippy-ya-yee" in your message. Of course you don't have to, feel free to show in a more original way that you red my profile.

Friends (234)

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Liza van Kuijk Liza van Kuijk
27, Female
Utrecht, Utrecht
Netherlands
Friends since September 2002
"He is my boyfriend"
Friendship Type: Best Friend
I vouched for Jasper Haenen
Met in person   Hosted30+   Surfed30+   Traveled30+  
Jordi Ask MeJordi Ask Me
30, Male
Mataro, Catalonia
Spain
Friends since August 2004
"I met Hasper in my first workcamp, I'm very happy and proud to be his friend, he's a guy to enjoy. really."
Friendship Type: Good Friend
Met in person   Hosted2   Traveled21  
Florian van KuijkFlorian van Kuijk
29, Male
Delft, Zuid-Holland
Netherlands
Friends since October 2005
"he is my sister's boyfriend"
Friendship Type: Friend
I vouched for Jasper Haenen
Met in person   Hosted2   Surfed6  
Timo LintingTimo Linting
21, Male
De Bilt, Utrecht
Netherlands
Friends since December 2007
"Through couchsurfmeetings"
Friendship Type: CouchSurfing Friend
I vouched for Jasper Haenen
Met in person  
Jasper Fastl Jasper Fastl
31, Male
Utrecht, Utrecht
Netherlands
Friends since January 2000
"Weird jumping ska-bass Green-Left-fellow"
Friendship Type: Good Friend
Met in person  
TIMZ TIMZ
29, Male
Utrecht, Utrecht
Netherlands
Friends since September 2007
"We met several times, I am happy to know Jasper & Liza!"
Friendship Type: Good Friend
Met in person   Hosted1  
Olivera KosanovicOlivera Kosanovic
24, Female
Belgrade, Central Serbia
Serbia
Friends since July 2007
"we met in an international camps"
Friendship Type: Good Friend
Met in person   Hosted4   Surfed2   Traveled14  
Emre AyranciEmre Ayranci
28, Male
Utrecht, Utrecht
Netherlands
Friends since June 2007
"Meet in the Utreht picnic gathering and go on afterwards"
Friendship Type: Good Friend
I vouched for Jasper Haenen
Met in person  
Erno  Schaakxs Erno Schaakxs
32, Male
Utrecht, Utrecht
Netherlands
Friends since September 2005
"Jasper is also a member of the Ska-band STAMPEDE"
Friendship Type: Good Friend
Met in person  
Veronique VanonckelenVeronique Vanonckelen
24, Female
Gent, East-Flanders
Belgium
Friends since November 2008
"He almost put me in the bag of Sinterklaas to bring me back home with him ^^"
Friendship Type: Friend
I vouched for Jasper Haenen
Met in person   Surfed3  
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Personal Description

Life is short, so I try not to waste it. I like to be active in all sorts of ways and like to see and learn about the world around me. Couchsurfing not only gives me a nice travelling option, but also gives me a chance to invite the world in my house. If you want to know more about me just check the rest of my profile, that probably says more than me talking about me :)

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CouchSurfing Experience

My girlfriend spreaded the virus to me on the beginning of 2007. At that moment I was a quite passive member of Hospitality club. I started hosting enthousiasticly and after surfing this summer I became even more positive about the whole couchsurfing thing.

Just before the summer the Utrecht-group became active, I also became involved in there. Especially now Utrecht turned into one of THE CS-cities of the Netherlands. I try to go to a lot of meetings because they allways turn out to be a lot of fun. In march 2008 I became an ambassador of Utrecht, my target: show as much people on CS as possible how great Utrecht is!

Since me and my girlfriend mostly live in the same place and host couchsurfers together I also hosted quite some people yet. I allready surfed couches in Serbia, Hungary, Austria, Italy, France, Spain, Germany, Belgium and of course the Netherlands.

I think that I can call myself allready pretty experienced on couchsurfing, but I hope to have a lot more experiences with it.

Interests

Music, Boardgames, Belgium beer, Geography, Vegetarian cooking (I've got quite some recipies, but more, and good local ingredients are always welcome), Politics, Movies, culture in general and of course you ;)

Philosophy

'Being a Humanist means trying to behave decently without expectation of rewards or punishment after you are dead.'
(Kurt Vunnegot)

Music, Movies, Books

Stampede (my own band)
Generally I like music to have a happy time with, somehow this mostly happens to me with 'organic' music. No offense to computers, but that just doesn't do it to me that much. I can enjoy light and happy dancemusic as Funk, Soul, Ska, Reggae and Balkan beats, but also heavy music like Metal and hardcore Hiphop. What's important in both is a good groove (I play that bass myself ;) ), an energetic live show and a positive vision through good lyrics.
My great music messiah is Michael Franti from Spearhead. Other Bands that blow my mind are: The Cat Empire, Gogol Bordello, Dresden Dolls, Sublime, Jamie Lidell, Tool, The Slackers, Boo!, Babylon Circus, dEus, Apocalyptica, Watcha, Kyteman, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Mr. Bungle, Primus and all of course all local bands couchsurfers introduced me to...

Books:
Kurt Vunnegot is my big hero! Nobody else can mix deep thoughts with silly humor as he can. I agree both with his positive lightness as with his apocalyptic visions.
Other writers I enjoyed a lot lately: Matt ruff, Douglas Copeland, Geert Mak, J.K. Rowling, Orhan Pamuk, Tad Williams, Isaak Asimov, Gore Vidal, D.B.C. Pierre, Yann Martell, Ben Elton, Mumia Abu Jamal and many more...

more to come in my newly created
Bookcrossing profile

In my youth I was a big fan of comic books, still like them but haven't got time to keep up with what's interesting.

Movies:
Terry Gilliam says about all of my taste: dark, layered, funny, creative, dreamy and visionary. I like movies that make you think and still amazes you at the end. Other filmmakers that will always achieve this with me are: Tim Burton, Christopher Nolen, Charlie Kaufman, Jeunet & Caro, David Fincher and Emir Kusturica

TV:
Nothing beats Brittish comedy (Monty Python, Blackadder, Allo Allo, Red dwarf, Smack the Pony, etc). Sadly all you English speakers wont ever understand Dutch caberet (Hans Teeuwen, Theo Maassen, Herman Finkers, etc), closest would probably be the dark and idealistic american dead heroes George Carlin and Bill Hicks (Who I also really enjoy).
Being a teacher I also like to be aware (my girlfriend calls me a walking encyclopedia, I like to live up to that image), so I also watch a lot of news items and documentarys on T.V.

Teach, Learn, Share

I'm a geography teacher, It's hard not to mix work and privat on couchsurfing. Only if you want to I can teach you all about the special insane country the Netherlands is (I also know a lot about history). I also play bass in a skaband an am a vegetarian, both also require some skills ;)

You're a very bad teacher if you can't learn so I'm also always curious about others. I've used quite a lot couchsurfers allready in examples in my lessons at school. I'm also always happy with new knowledge about music and cooking.

The one thing you realy HAVE to learn if you surf a dutch couch is riding on the back of a bike 'cause thats the best way of transport in here.

Opinion on the CouchSurfing.org Project

It has been a long time that I was so enthousiastic about something. It is rare that ideals and personal interest mixes so smoothly. Both hosting and surfing gave me great experiences, it's always a lot of fun, very often full of eye-openers and totally fits with my idea of a better world.

Locations Traveled

TRAVELED: Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cambodia, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Laos, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States
LIVED: Netherlands
WANTS TO GO: Brazil, Cambodia, Croatia, Cuba, Ethiopia, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Jamaica, Kenya, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Mexico, Montenegro, Peru, Romania, Slovenia, Venezuela
IS GOING TO: Cambodia, Laos, Thailand

References

 
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Bertold van Voorst
From Bertold van Voorst
 Enschede, Netherlands
 Oct 19
Met in person Surfed 1 days  
Positive

Jasper and Liza hosted me after the Bockbierfestival event. They're very friendly and really enthusiastic couchsurfers. Too bad I had to leave early in the morning to travel to the next cs event. Next time I definitely want to play some of their many board games (and have another special beer)!

Alise Laķe
From Alise Laķe
 Haarlem, Netherlands
 Oct 14
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Surfed 2 days  
Positive

I was staying at Jaspers and Lizas place in Utrecht for a nice weekend to explore a bit more of Netherlands. And I really liked it!

Jasper is so passionate in what he is doing. His own invented archaeology table game (it's a pity that I didn't manage to try to play it..), his geography teachers job, his historical stories about Utrecht etc..

Hope we will meet up again somewhere sometime.. :)

Sander Odijk
From Sander Odijk
 Haarlem, Netherlands
 Sep 29
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Hosted 1 days  
Positive

A great and lively guest with tons of CS-experience. Next time we'll have to talk more about our taste in books!

Kirin Bhalla 
From Kirin Bhalla
 Auckland, New Zealand
 Sep 8
Met in person Friend, Surfed 2 days  
Positive

I contacted Jasper as we had been working together on a number of CS groups. Jasper and Liza are such wonderful hosts – easy-going, laid back and very welcoming. It was really easy to relax in their place.
Jasper made sure that we had a full programme when I was in Utrecht and I was great to meet all the Couchsurfers there.
I really enjoyed my stay with them and highly recommend them as hosts. Wish I had more time to spend with them but I am sure we will meet again.

Anna Maria Mrozińska
From Anna Maria Mrozińska
 Warsaw, Poland
 Aug 28
Met in person Acquaintance, Surfed 4 days  
Positive

Jasper was a very good host. He told me and my friends a lot about Utrecht and the Kingdom of the Netherlands ( say "Holland" and he's gonna kill you right away xD ). He also played us some Dutch music, which was really astonishing. He was patient enought to have us even though at a certain point he got ill. Thanks!

Jessica Sicard
From Jessica Sicard
 Vleuten, Netherlands
 Aug 16
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Surfed 1 days  
Positive

I stayed at Jasper and Liza's house after a CS picnic and outing at Ekko, a local club in Utrecht. They were great company and showed me and a friend around town a bit. Oh, and they have a beautiful and lovely cat! :)

Hans Berendijk
From Hans Berendijk
 Amsterdam, Netherlands
 Aug 15
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

the man in Utrecht

Tristan Cleveland 
From Tristan Cleveland
 Montreal, Canada
 Aug 13
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Surfed 2 days  
Positive

Jasper and his girlfriend Lisa are full of honest kindness. It's great to see, and better yet, they're chalk full of conversation. It was great having Jasper show me around town - he knew so much of the history, and had hilarious stories that other locals have forgotten. Thanks Jasper, it was quality meeting you.

Sumalee Sansirikul
From Sumalee Sansirikul
 Rayong, Thailand
 Aug 9
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Hosted 2 days  
Positive

He was my good guess and easily adapt himself to the local type. Good conversation partner...Real Good travellor.

Anick-Marie Bouchard
From Anick-Marie Bouchard
 Bremen, Germany
 Jul 22
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Surfed 2 days  
Positive

I was also hosted by Jasper, Liza and Mees during the Middersommernight week-end. It was nice to finally meet him after interacting passionately about CS Wiki in groups. I consider myself lucky - the couch was comfy, the hosts are cozy and Mees is.. a cat :) The ambiance at his place was nice, with a lot of guests around, and even if I went to sleep quite early I wasn't bothered at all. Thanks for this fantastic week-end!

Isaac Olson
From Isaac Olson
 Bangkok, Thailand
 Jul 21
Met in person Hosted 6 days  
Positive

Jasper and his girlfriend were great to have over for the week. They were a lot of fun and had a great attitude about traveling. We hope to meet up with them again some time.

Richard for real 
From Richard for real
 Lund, Sweden
 Jun 22
Met in person Friend, Surfed 3 days  
Positive

Board game fantaic and totally devoted CSer, Jasper is a great host. He's pretty intense, but in a good way; it gives him a lot of energy for couchsurfing and he uses it wisely to create awesome things. I very much recommend you to meet this cool, funny and people-loving guy.

Robyn Schenk
From Robyn Schenk
 Wellington, New Zealand
 Jun 6
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Surfed 2 days  
Positive

Staying at Jasper's was really good - he's easy to get along with and a fab host. Liza and him took me to my first CS meeting, and I also had my first experience of riding on the back of a bike! I particularly liked the way he had so much to tell about Utrecht, as well as the many other travels he's had - so would definitely recommend him to anyone.

Eylem Culculoglu 
From Eylem Culculoglu
 Hilversum, Netherlands
 Jun 3
Met in person  
Positive

Altough I met him a few times on Utrecht couchsurfing meetings I can say that Peter is a very nice person. He has a real good attitude. It was a pitty to miss his concert on Queens Night :(

Sam Goutsmit 
From Sam Goutsmit
 Oostende, Belgium
 Jun 2
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Surfed 2 days  
Positive

Jasper and Liza hosted me for 2 days in their cool Utrecht apartment. They were super friendly and had a great couch (and a nice cat to keep you company!).

Next time I may have to bring Jasper even more beer though, in order to blunt his Jungle Speed reflexes :)

Thanks for the great time guys! Next time I'll avoid the "Belgian" pancakes though, they were evil.

LOVELYSUNDAYMORNINGINTHESUN
From LOVELYSUNDAYMORNINGINTHESUN
 Stuttgart, Germany
 May 26
Met in person Friend,  
Positive

My lovely boyfriend still remembers the bike tour trough Utrecht! Doorrijden... doorrijden... doorrijden... drive on even if the trafficlights are red...!
You and Liza are lovely together and infected me a bit with couchsurfing

Kaitlyn Evanko-douglas
From Kaitlyn Evanko-douglas
 Montrose, United States
 May 25
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Surfed 2 days  
Positive

I was really nervous to try couch surfing but Jasper and Liza made us feel comftorable from the beginning. They were super nice and introduced us to a lot of cool people and took us to some awesome festivals. Because of Jasper I can now tell the difference between good beer and bad beer.

Gwendolyn Reid
From Gwendolyn Reid
 Munich, Germany
 May 3
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Surfed 4 days  
Positive

I slept comfortably in their spare room four nights while I was looking at the beautiful city of Utrecht. He and his lovely girlfriend can throw an awesome Dutch-themed party!

Daniele Sciretti
From Daniele Sciretti
 Barcelona, Spain
 Apr 30
Met in person Hosted 1 days  
Positive

Jasper and his girlfriend Liza are definitely "hard core" couchsurfers. We could spend just a few hours together, but thanks to them I've started to see and feel CS much more as a community. Too bad we couldn't spend more time together.

George McCargar
From George McCargar
 Portland, United States
 Mar 10
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Surfed 2 days  
Positive

It was great staying with Jasper and Liza and little Mees. They introduced me to the joys of pannekoeken for dinner and stroopwafel for breakfast!

Jasper's tour-guide impression in the old town was especially convincing.

FOTOMIEP
From FOTOMIEP
 Groningen, Netherlands
 Feb 14
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Surfed 1 days  
Positive

surfed his couch after a rather lastminute request, but he and Liza made me feel welcome anyway. He has a good sense of humour, and is able to have a conversation on many different topics.

Olivera Kosanovic
From Olivera Kosanovic
 Belgrade, Serbia
 Feb 14
Met in person Good Friend, Hosted 4 days Surfed 2 days Traveled 14 days 
Positive

Actually Jasper was the first one who introduced me to the world of couchsurfing! Two years ago when I met him, I notice his incredible desire to explore the world, I think that his energy opened new horizons for me. Jasper is very friendly, talkative, intelligent, full of interesting games and always active! He really knows a lot of historical facts about his town and country. When I stayed at Jaspers and his girlfriend Liza house I felt really welcomed, they dedicated their all day to me, we visited 3 cities in one day which was awesome, thank you for that!

Andrew McCargar
From Andrew McCargar
 Berlin, Germany
 Jan 5
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

I had a great time hanging out with Jasper and Liza and hearing about Utrecht. He has a fun, creative mind and is just generally a very open, real person. I look forward to visiting you in Holland.

Veronique Vanonckelen
From Veronique Vanonckelen
 Gent, Belgium
 Dec 2, 2008
Met in person Friend, Surfed 3 days  
Positive

It's not often that you meet a person and that you know from the very first instant that it will work out. I had that feeling with Jasper. He's funny, easygoing, flexible, and always in for a good talk.
I hoop I will see a lot more of him in time, sure that we can become 'real' friends if you give us more than 2 days ^^.

See you in februari Jasper, pls keep the couch warm until then and the events rolling!

Update: He did exactly as I asked and hosted an asian guy so that the couch was nice and warm when I arrived... He even came to Brussels especially for me ;-) :-p...
And he promised to come to Belgium from time to time and organise me a nice birthday party in Utrecht!!!

Lorraine Sanchez
From Lorraine Sanchez
 Rotterdam, Netherlands
 Dec 1, 2008
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Surfed 1 days  
Positive

Somehow he knows Sinterklaas, and was willing to take me to Spain! I'm still waiting for you to come pick me up- my bag is ready :D Anyway- Jasper rocks. I've met him over several meetings but didn't know how much he sparkles till Sinterklaas 2008. He is funny, energetic, and a GREAT dancer! Looking forward to the next Midnight summer event! If you need help- I'm in!
*update- hosted me on my trip back from Vienna! Thanks Jasper!

ROSSI IN ROTTERDAM 
From ROSSI IN ROTTERDAM
 Rotterdam, Netherlands
 Nov 30, 2008
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

He is the best Piet that Sinterklaas ever could wish for. I love this guy, with or without his make-up;)
Meet him, visit my home town. Jasper is a really nice cool personality, good humor, go meet him, I will:)

RIS_EZ
From RIS_EZ
 Terrassa, Spain
 Nov 19, 2008
Met in person Acquaintance, Hosted 3 days  
Positive

We hosted Jasper and Liza just before we left for holidays: he's active, restless and knows many things. Unfortunately we were busy and we'd loved to spend more time with them showing them around, but they did it really well: they even went to a CS meeting in Barcelona.

-MARTINA-
From -MARTINA-
 Amersfoort, Netherlands
 Nov 8, 2008
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

I got to know Jasper as a very active and communicative couchsurfer who likes bringing people together. One of his specialties is "promoting" also smaller towns in the Netherlands that can be thrilling, interesting and fun places to visit. I am sure he will show you many places through a unique lense when you surf his couch in Utrecht.

Jami Mauri Järvinen 
From Jami Mauri Järvinen
 Tampere, Finland
 Oct 26, 2008
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Traveled 1 days 
Positive

Jasper was very nice to show me a little bit on Utrecht and Rotterdam in very short warning time. Jasper can also recomend exellent beers. Thank you again.

Shawn VP
From Shawn VP
 Banff, Canada
 Oct 21, 2008
Met in person Friend, Surfed 2 days  
Positive

Jasper is a cool, interesting and funny guy with loads of information and stories stored in his brain for your hearing pleasure!! He could certainly stear you in the right direction for places to go and things to see if you so happened to share his love for typical european cities!

Me and a friend surfed his place for a couple days and it was certainly a nice experience, we met up with he and Liza as well as a bunch of other CS'ers for a beerfestival and it was a great night with great people!

Jeff and Dennea Lambert 
From Jeff and Dennea Lambert
 Munich, Germany
 Oct 19, 2008
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Surfed 2 days  
Positive

Jasper and Liza hosted me and a friend for two nights in Utrecht. They are a wonderful couple who are true CSers. We had a great time just wandering the city and taking in the beautiful architecture and scenery. They took us to a Bokbierfestival with other CSers and I'll always remember riding the bicycles back that night. Your always around good people, good music and good times with Jasper and Liza.

Sascha Stock
From Sascha Stock
 Berlin, Germany
 Oct 16, 2008
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Hosted 3 days  
Positive

Jasper and his girlfriend were in Berlin for 3 days, his request was a kind of emergency request coz a friend of him was unreachable. Unfortunally we had not time to show them arround, but we enjoyed the moments with them. It was short to know them well, nevertheless they proved to be good, considerate guests. If you have the chance to host them - take it! Hope to see Jasper and Lisa again in future -maybe in Utrecht, if someone could show me arround in Utrecht - then it will be Jasper, just my 2 cents :)
Regards from the dog, think that she got 2 new friends ;)

JANA_B_BERLIN
From JANA_B_BERLIN
 Berlin, Germany
 Oct 16, 2008
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

What a pitty that you could not stay longer at the event because of hitchiking back the next morning. I think you arrived home safely! I met Jasper and his girlfriend Lisa in Oct. 2008 in Berlin for the Opening of FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS. THANKS to his and Lisa's help I could do some very nice pictures of the water what was lit in a lot of colors in front of the Humboldt University. He protected me and my tripod in the very chaotic crowd full with people, cars and buses. Was it you who spotted the "wrong chancellor" on the balcony of the Operahouse? We biked the tour while others walked. Met on each place, had chats about Berlin and CS-events. Awesome this sit-in at Gendarmenmarkt. I hope you are coming back to Berlin and I'll see you again. Hopefully you can join Berlin WinterCamp? It would be a pleasure to host you and Lisa if your shout is early enaugh. ;-)))

BARON_HNZ
From BARON_HNZ
 Utrecht, Netherlands
 Oct 10, 2008
Met in person Friend, Surfed 5 days  
Positive

First time i met Jasper, he was Inspector Leclou. Although he didn't kill me himself, it was his force behind the three bullets that killed me. :D

But in reallife he is a really nice and funny guy. He knows a lot about geography and cooking and he is more then a pleasant host. I had a lot of fun at Liza & Jaspers home and it was also a nice place to just lay back and relax. And you have to visit a concert of his Skaband Stampede, they are awesome! :D
See you around in Utrecht!

Chiel van der Voort 
From Chiel van der Voort
 Oegstgeest, Netherlands
 Oct 1, 2008
Met in person Friend, Surfed 1 days Traveled 5 days 
Positive

The first time I met Jasper he lied to me... That was in a game though, and this case has been solved by now. Thereafter I met him several times during several meetings in Utrecht, like cooking and eating tapas, organizing and performing a music quiz and joining the gigswap in Utrechts centre. He's always a good conversation-partner! I'll see hime some more, and I'm looking forward to it!

Anneke Van Kuyk
From Anneke Van Kuyk
 Bowen, Australia
 Sep 29, 2008
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

Does this man ever stop? I think couch surfing is his full time job!?

Francine Aarts
From Francine Aarts
 Utrecht, Netherlands
 Sep 28, 2008
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

Dear Inspector LeClou, I am very grateful that you helped me to break free from Mr X. You have proven to be very trustworthy and I respect you for that.

I am looking forward to seeing you again in Paris or Utrecht, but hopefully in somewhat less hectic situations.

Thankfully yours,

Mme Ctesse A. DeVille

Emilia Varmavuori
From Emilia Varmavuori
 Jyvaskyla, Finland
 Sep 28, 2008
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

Great, active couchsurfer, good company, hope we'll meet again soon :>

Eveline van Velthuijsen
From Eveline van Velthuijsen
 Utrecht, Netherlands
 Sep 26, 2008
Met in person Good Friend,  
Positive

I met Jasper at so many cs events, im not sure how many. Jasper is a great guy. Always in for a laugh and a really good musician!

Floris Rosenbrand 
From Floris Rosenbrand
 Wognum, Netherlands
 Sep 23, 2008
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Surfed 4 days  
Positive

I met Jasper for the first time at the CS Monty Python meeting he had organised. I stayed with them overnight because the Monty Python meeting was a success and was kept on until the late hours of the night.

And because he invited and introduced me to the CS "scene" that evening I got more active on CS and more or less haven't left Utrecht ever since. Thank you for the introduction.

He is very friendly, hospitable and a relaxed person and we have somethings in common like a fondness for Monty Python and geography. Although he knows much more about geography then I do, but to be fare it's his occupation :-) I haven't heard him play live yet, but what I heard online he is a good musician.

Wessel Wensink
From Wessel Wensink
 Utrecht, Netherlands
 Sep 13, 2008
Met in person Acquaintance,  
Positive

Man of the earth!Knows his planet and one of the most active guys on CS in Utreg.Helps where he can!

Jo Steeghs
From Jo Steeghs
 Utrecht, Netherlands
 Sep 10, 2008
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

Jasper is a great ambassador for both Utrecht as a place and couchsurfing as an organisation. He loves to meet new people and has a wealth of knowledge he is more than happy to share. His openness and energy for couchsurfing are an inspiration for me.

STEFF 
From STEFF
 Toulouse, France
 Sep 7, 2008
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Hosted 1 days  
Positive

I hosted Jasper and Lisa for a single night in Toulouse this summer - and wish they had stayed longer! It was short to know them well, nevertheless they proved to be good, considerate guests and nice company. We mostly shared diner and talked. I enjoyed chatting with them and I look forward to meeting up again, wherever that may be :)

Daan Nijs
From Daan Nijs
 Berlin, Germany
 Aug 30, 2008
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Surfed 2 days  
Positive

Jasper is so nice he'll no doubt organize a wonderful Dutch pilgrimage to West-Vleeteren. Leuk je te leren kennen, tot snel!

Otto Kool 
From Otto Kool
 Utrecht, Netherlands
 Aug 30, 2008
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

Jasper seems to be a practical, open, Dutch person and a reliable Ambassador. I think CS Utrecht is in good hands!

Florian van Kuijk
From Florian van Kuijk
 Delft, Netherlands
 Aug 27, 2008
Met in person Friend, Hosted 2 days Surfed 6 days  
Positive

Jasper himself sometimes resembles a storm, busy with sixteen and more things mixing them up in a likeble way. Other times, he is more relaxed but still passionately speaking about whichever subject, geograpy, music, the world in general.
His place is great. Jasper shows how things go about and trusted me that I could get around.

HECTORUPS
From HECTORUPS
 San Francisco, United States
 Aug 26, 2008
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Hosted 4 days  
Positive

Jasper came with Marianne's (MACHITA) good reference, enough to say, i only checked out his profile out of curiosity.

He is an excellent guest that understood and didnt mind my busy life. Anyway i tried to spend some time during 2 afternoon with him and had fun and cool conversations... really great guy and a good example of how to use and enjoy CS!

Roberto Munoz
From Roberto Munoz
 Madrid, Spain
 Aug 25, 2008
Met in person  
Positive

I met Jasper first thru the Madrid's group, then we just exchanged few messages and at the end we had the chance to meet in one of our meetings in Madrid and it was a pleasure to meet him and Liza. I can say that Jasper is very talkative, smiling guy and full of stories although Jasper and Liza had a small problem in Madrid, they never stoped to smile. It was really nice and interesting to meet them. Always welcome to Madrid

ruben tapia 
From ruben tapia
 Barcelona, Spain
 Aug 25, 2008
Met in person  
Positive

Jasper comes to Barcelona, and share some of his time with us, and let us enjoy good time with his presence! Know that if you never come back to Barcelona you will be welcome!

FERFIDALGO
From FERFIDALGO
 Barcelona, Spain
 Aug 23, 2008
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

Hosting this couple, was the easiest for me, getting to know them, was difficult because I just met them for a day, but they are trully the CS spirit, they were a charming and well-behaved, respectful couple ever to visit my place.

Chelsea Gabrielle
From Chelsea Gabrielle
 Caulfield, Australia
 Jul 28, 2008
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Surfed 1 days  
Positive

Both Jasper and Liza were very nice to me on my first day in the Netherlands. They are both very gracious and I enjoyed my first meeting in Utrecht! I look forward to hopefully going to more meetings and seeing them there! Great first experience overall!

Linaa
From Linaa
 Fourqueux, France
 Jul 2, 2008
Met in person Friend, Surfed 2 days  
Positive

Jasper is an enthousistic friendly guy, always a smile on! If you like board games then he is the one you should talk to. I guess we'll meet at the next gathering...And what a gathering! Midsummernight in Utrecht was the best of all and even though Jasper and Liza were running all over the place to organize and make sure all went well, we enjoyed their company. They hosted us and they made sure we felt at home. Incredible couple!

Fernando~! 
From Fernando~!
 Monterrey, Mexico
 Jun 25, 2008
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Surfed 3 days  
Positive

Jasper & Lisa are the greatest CS Host ever! We had a great time surfing their couch. Few times have one the opportunity to meet such a nice and friendly couple, who welcomes you not only in their house with other several CS but organize also a big party in the city! They both treated us with a hospitality along with giving you the opportunity to get to know the very special Netherlands culture through the most fantastic way, a treasure hunting! all the best & thank you again for your effort & commitment to CS!
I forgot to mention: He is such an easy going & laid back person, it's great!

MISHIMI
From MISHIMI
 Rotterdam, Netherlands
 Jun 23, 2008
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Surfed 1 days  
Positive

I stayed at his and Liza's place for the midsummer night at the park. Jasper seems a very funny and friendly sort but we never got to talk much.
Hope to talk to you some more in the future.
Thanks for hosting me and thanks for the wonderful organisation!

MACHITA75 
From MACHITA75
 Oslo, Norway
 Jun 23, 2008
Met in person Friend, Surfed 3 days  
Positive

Jasper and Liza hosted me and my friends and 7 others for a huge midsummer party that they and the other Utrecht members arranged perfectly.
Im amazed of the hospitality that Jasper and Liza showed for so many people! Thank you very much and hope to see you for New Year :D (or before/after)

Tommy Quist 
From Tommy Quist
 Leiden, Netherlands
 Jun 23, 2008
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Hosted 1 days Surfed 1 days  
Positive

Jasper is a friendly and interesting guy, who seems to be always ready to help couchsurfers (or anyone else) out. I know him for his fantastic work as one of the organizers of the 2008 Midsummer night in the park where he and the rest did a great job, as well as at the Utrecht Monthly meetings, and of course he has ties to our local Leiden community (for now) as he works here in Leiden

MAB84 
From MAB84
 Amsterdam, Netherlands
 Jun 15, 2008
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

Jasper is very good company to talk with! He's active with his job as an Amb and I think he's doing a good job in it!

Thanks for hosting the meeting, the company and showing me the tourist rout in Utrecht ;)

Chris Neulinger 
From Chris Neulinger
 Aachen, Germany
 Jun 15, 2008
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Surfed 1 days  
Positive

They have got there one cs room and you really fell welcome at there house.

Maikel Lourenssen 
From Maikel Lourenssen
 Oss, Netherlands
 Jun 13, 2008
Met in person Best Friend, Surfed 10 days  
Positive

Now I know Japer for a year and after meeting him and Liza many times I can only say that he is a great person that even managed to open my mind futher than it already was.
As He and Liza hosted me many times I can only say that i don't know many people in CS that I trust as much as him.
Great to meet you (any time)

Michiel
From Michiel
 Utrecht, Netherlands
 Jun 7, 2008
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

Friendly guy, very active in CS Utrecht...go see his band skabadivers!

Anne Drehfal
From Anne Drehfal
 Madison, United States
 May 20, 2008
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Surfed 2 days  
Positive

Liza and Jasper have a beautiful new home that they kindly invited me into so I could revisit the awesome city I studied abroad at two years ago! They are very easy-going and comfortable people to be around, both doing great work through their normal jobs and volunteering projects! It was fun to hear about plans for CSers this summer, sort of makes me want to return! Thanks again for your hospitality and knowledge about Utrecht!

james Williams
From james Williams
 Eisdorf, Germany
 May 12, 2008
Met in person  
Positive

A cool couple of people with a very nice new house; in a really wonderful city heading for the future;

wich shall be wicked/ cheers for showing me round

Marieke Vissers
From Marieke Vissers
 Utrecht, Netherlands
 May 7, 2008
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

Jasper and his girlfriend made me feel very welcome at my first gathering with surfers from Utrecht. They both are very involved in the project and put a lot of effort to it. They are very friendly, relaxed and humoristic people. And of course Jasper made me aware of the existence of the allready legendary Alex Siegers, for which i am very grateful to him :-D

TRA
From TRA
 Krimpen aan den IJssel, Netherlands
 May 6, 2008
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Surfed 4 days  
Positive

Jasper is really enthusiast about the things he does: making music, teach other people about geografical things and so much more. He really wants to spread his 'know how' about these things: born teacher.

Jasper Fastl 
From Jasper Fastl
 Utrecht, Netherlands
 May 6, 2008
Met in person Good Friend,  
Positive

Evereybody knows Jasper. Although he does not act like it, he surely is the king of couchsurfing Utrecht. He organizes too many great things. And besides that he is just a nice person to be with.

Marta Lulewicz
From Marta Lulewicz
 Bialystok, Poland
 May 6, 2008
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Hosted 1 days Traveled 1 days 
Positive

I had the pleasure to be almost the first guest at Jasper's new house :D It was short but fantastic stay. As we left early in the morning we even didn't manage to say thank you for your hospitality and showing the city so here goes my huge thanks :)

Gosia Korzeniecka
From Gosia Korzeniecka
 Warsaw, Poland
 May 4, 2008
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Surfed 1 days  
Positive

An optimistic, open minded guy! It was really fun to spend an afternoon with him walking around the streets of Utrecht and (thanks to him!) getting to now the city, then to party during QueensNight together and eventually to surf his couch in a beautiful house he and her girlfriend have. Thanks for everything!

Jeroen Geerdink 
From Jeroen Geerdink
 Utrecht, Netherlands
 May 2, 2008
Met in person Friend,  
Positive

Jasper is one of the driving people of CS in Utrecht, we keep on bumping into each other. If you ever get the chance try and see him and his band play, guaranteed party and lots of jumping

Sagnik Chatterjee 
From Sagnik Chatterjee
 Rotterdam, Netherlands
 Apr 28, 2008
Met in person  
Positive

Jasper is a very cool and fun guy. He is as enthusiastic about his music, as he is about Couchsurfing and about his city Utrecht. I had a great experience meeting him and Liza, at Blueroute. They are wonderful hosts for events and great ambassadors for the city. I am surely coming again to your city.

Frank van Steenwijk
From Frank van Steenwijk
 Dublin, Ireland (Republic of)
 Apr 14, 2008
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

I was happy to finally meet Jasper at the Friday Food Fun in Rotterdam after seeing his name over and over again in groups and other CS related pages. The guy is very talkative and we were having a good time from the start. Looking forward to probably seeing him again on April 29 in Utrecht.

Gerard Bosman 
From Gerard Bosman
 Bergschenhoek, Netherlands
 Apr 12, 2008
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

Jasper has the real CouchSurfing spirit. He succeeds to spread this spirit around him and to make more and more people enthousiastic for CS. Utrecht couldn't have a better ambassador.

Jordi Ask Me
From Jordi Ask Me
 Mataro, Spain
 Apr 12, 2008
Met in person Good Friend, Hosted 2 days Traveled 21 days 
Positive

In my fisrt trip away from home alone, I was sleeping in his coach, we didn't know anything about this web site, but we did that and is a great experience, thats the reason why i'm here and the experience is the reason why i'm travelling arround the world. that was great, so i did that again and again and again...

Peppe Todaro
From Peppe Todaro
 Brescia, Italy
 Mar 29, 2008
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Surfed 2 days  
Positive

Thank you very much!!....Jasper was really so kind and gentle in giving us any kind of advices and info about Utrecht and Holland.Really trustful and helpful guy.Nice to talk about everything with him and Lisa! Great promoter about CS and Utrecht!

Harald van Gils 
From Harald van Gils
 Amsterdam, Netherlands
 Mar 27, 2008
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

Jasper and I had some lively conversations. He forms a good ambassador's couple with Liza. Jasper is a very active and enthusiastic person. He is involved in CS, plays in a musicband and teaches kids about useful stuff in life.

VATO_LOCO 
From VATO_LOCO
 Arnhem, Netherlands
 Mar 18, 2008
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

Jasper is another enthousiastic person that strives for CS excellence! Appreciate what he is doing for Utrecht.

Esly van Dam 
From Esly van Dam
 Enschede, Netherlands
 Mar 17, 2008
Met in person Acquaintance,  
Positive

Although he calls me Elsy (foei!) i still enjoyed meeting him. he is really getting an active cs life in utrecht. good luck with moving, and be prepared to host all of us in your new place :-)

GPIKKIO 
From GPIKKIO
 Groningen, Netherlands
 Mar 16, 2008
Met in person Friend, Surfed 1 days  
Positive

Jasper is a cool ska musician couchsurfer. Meeting him and Liza has been great, not just a fantastic couchsurfing experience but mainly a super gorgeous way of starting a new friendship. I'll see him again at the *GIGSWAPPING* event soon. I am looking forward to dance like crazy while his band plays.

Katie Thompson
From Katie Thompson
 Coatesville, United States
 Mar 8, 2008
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Surfed 2 days  
Positive

Jasper and Liza were my first couchsurfing hosts and it was a wonderful experience! They were so accommodating and generous and they gave great tips on what to do around Utrecht/Netherlands. They invited us to a CS meeting too, which was great, and it was really cool that they were so enthusiastic about the couch surfing project.

KIWIA 
From KIWIA
 Utrecht, Netherlands
 Feb 24, 2008
Met in person Friend,  
Positive

Jasper is a super enthusiastic Couch Surfer and CS promoter. Open, friendly and hospitable, he is great guy to hang out with.
Ow, and his Ska band rocks big time!

Rob van Herk 
From Rob van Herk
 Eindhoven, Netherlands
 Feb 19, 2008
Met in person Acquaintance,  
Positive

We were both at a FREE HUGS meeting in Utrecht. He was kind of an arranger I had the idea, bringing people together and coordinating the afternoon haha.

Vicky Tam
From Vicky Tam
 Strasbourg, France
 Feb 19, 2008
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

Jasper kindly opened up his home to a bunch of CouchSurfers for a post-meeting dinner. This was my first encounter with the community and he couldn't have made me feel more welcome. I had a great time and it turned me onto Couchsurfing!

SERGIOLX
From SERGIOLX
 Lisbon, Portugal
 Feb 18, 2008
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

Staying with Jasper is an interesting think to do! Specially if the games containd card with wome weird names for me! The important is that he can explain You how it works! For sure we will meet again on future events! Good luck on Your band!

Konstantin Youdenko 
From Konstantin Youdenko
 Eindhoven, Netherlands
 Feb 18, 2008
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

Cool guy, very self-confident, cheerful, friendly, great music fan :) He invited us all to a dinner at his and Liza's place after the FreeHugs meeting for some delicious meal! He is fanatic about board games together with Liza. Was a fun evening, thanks!

Emily Gibbons 
From Emily Gibbons
 Wiarton, Canada
 Feb 17, 2008
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Surfed 1 days  
Positive

Jasper has been at all the CS meetings I've gone to in Utrecht.

He came over at my first meeting and started talking to a bunch of us newbies, because we were crowded together. Thanks for making me feel welcome.

Very good at board games! My goal is to one day beat him at one!lol

Crystal Molenaar 
From Crystal Molenaar
 Nijmegen, Netherlands
 Feb 17, 2008
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

I felt really comfortable 'free hugging' with Jasper and his friends! It was lots of fun, and very nice of him to have dinner at his place with 16 people! Nice and Cozy! I love his Hummus!

Petteri Aalto
From Petteri Aalto
 Utrecht, Netherlands
 Feb 17, 2008
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

Jasper is a great guy, and it's amaizing that we've only known each other for around two months and are getting along really well. He has a good taste in music too!

Psychorach
From Psychorach
 Asuncion, Paraguay
 Feb 17, 2008
Only met online CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

Eventhough we haven't met in person we have been through a lot.
Through a post in a CS-Group we got to talk and with a fellow CSer we decided to connect our students and develop something that we like to call 'Global Classroom Project'.Couldn't have done it with someone better!
Now we need to share some travels together my friend. Good luck with your new house.

B_DRAGONNE
From B_DRAGONNE
 Utrecht, Netherlands
 Feb 5, 2008
Met in person Friend,  
Positive

Very cool guy with lots of thoughts about education and social issues.

Compassionate I would say.

I look forward to a dinner :)

Jacque Buysse 
From Jacque Buysse
 Veenendaal, Netherlands
 Feb 3, 2008
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Surfed 1 days  
Positive

I can't imagine there is one day in Jaspers life without couch surfing. Always busy with planning, organising, hosting. Unbelievable! And on top of that: time to meet people or exchange views. It's a privilege to have him here in Utrecht!

Christoph Buchholz
From Christoph Buchholz
 Magdeburg, Germany
 Jan 28, 2008
Met in person  
Positive

I would like to thank Jasper very much for receiving me so well in his home!!! Thanks for Monty Python and the tasty dinner!!!
Jasper is a very open minded and amiable person.

Arnaud Evrard 
From Arnaud Evrard
 Lille, France
 Jan 27, 2008
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Surfed 3 days  
Positive

Jasper is a cool person who has his way of life. He knows a lot of things about Utrecht. I thank him for his hospitality.

Marta Bongiovanni
From Marta Bongiovanni
 Milano, Italy
 Jan 27, 2008
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Surfed 1 days  
Positive

We didn't have so much time to know each other(he had to work), anyway, he and his girlfriend were really nice, cooked tortellini and,wow, they have a lot of funny stories to tell!Plus, Jasper is a musician, maybe i will have the pleasure to see a concert of his ska-band one day...(i really hope)!!

Antoine Rolland 
From Antoine Rolland
 Lille, France
 Jan 23, 2008
Met in person Friend, Surfed 3 days  
Positive

Jasper hosted me and Arnaud during 3 days in Utrecht. He is nice and has many knowledge in history and politics, he is so a great tourist guide to show his city which is wonderful. I enjoyed to talk with him, because he has the same passion has me: history. Come whenever you want in Lille, you have a couch available, for you and for Liza !

Bart Geelen
From Bart Geelen
 Utrecht, Netherlands
 Jan 21, 2008
Met in person Friend,  
Positive

I did not see Jasper very much. But I can tell that he seems a nice guy and I wouldn't doubt to host him if needed.

Nai 
From Nai
 The Hague, Netherlands
 Jan 20, 2008
Met in person Acquaintance, Hosted 1 days  
Positive

Nice, considerate and fun to be around. I'd host them again anytime.

Eva Piethaan
From Eva Piethaan
 Leuven, Belgium
 Jan 12, 2008
Met in person Acquaintance,  
Positive

Jasper is a very friendly guy. He's really into couchsuring and has hosted many people in the past.

Henk van der Veen 
From Henk van der Veen
 Utrecht, Netherlands
 Jan 8, 2008
Met in person Friend,  
Positive

Jasper is involved in organising the Utrecht CS meetings, he also joined the GigSwap group I started and moderate. He is a open and friendly outgoing guy, he introduced me to some other great people I got along with fine aswell.

Nicolas Sahlqvist
From Nicolas Sahlqvist
 Rotterdam, Netherlands
 Jan 5, 2008
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

Jesper is one of the core ppl for Utrecht CS and great to talk to.

Domenico Martinelli 
From Domenico Martinelli
 Padova, Italy
 Jan 4, 2008
Met in person Good Friend, Hosted 3 days  
Positive

Jasper is interested in a lot of things and he is very passionate about them, so I really enjoyed talking with him. I look forward to having him show Utrech to me! Must be fun!

TIMZ 
From TIMZ
 Utrecht, Netherlands
 Dec 31, 2007
Met in person Good Friend, Hosted 1 days  
Positive

Couchsurfing Utrecht = Jasper & Liza. You should meet those two. I am so glad that I know them through CS! They are the most passionate CSers I ever met. They will let you feel as if you were in your home town. Check also the Utrechtmeetings, they will be there!

Abram Sharyar
From Abram Sharyar
 Utrecht, Netherlands
 Dec 23, 2007
Met in person Good Friend,  
Positive

he is very goed person.

Rigas Parathyras 
From Rigas Parathyras
 Amsterdam, Netherlands
 Dec 12, 2007
Met in person Friend, Hosted 1 days Surfed 1 days Traveled 2 days 
Positive

Jasper is a great company, open minded, unbeatable in table-soccer but has too much immagination in medieval story games :p

Benjamin Levine 
From Benjamin Levine
 Toulouse, France
 Dec 3, 2007
Met in person Friend, Hosted 1 days Surfed 2 days  
Positive

I stayed at Jasper's for two nights. It was great because I had the chance of meeting REALLY kind and cool people. I hoped he enjoyed and wont get any fallout from the Mont d'Or cheese I left in his fridge !
His place is warm and agreable and I liked sharing their room. Too bad they had a hectic schedule (and me too actually). I think I must delve deeper into the utrecht CS comunity since meeting Jasper. THANKS again.
Couchsurfers -> stay in Utrecht, it is worth it !
************
I later had the joy of hosting both Liza and Jasper myself in Toulouse. It was great :) !

Sanne Bongers 
From Sanne Bongers
 Utrecht, Netherlands
 Dec 2, 2007
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

Well Jasper, of course you already have to many references to read, but I know you for quite some time now so I feel I should leave a reference anyway.
Jasper: good fun, good music, decent guy, good organizer. That kind of wraps it up for me :) Great to have you as our ambassador!

Karolina, Simon, Matti Hansen
From Karolina, Simon, Matti Hansen
 Copenhagen, Denmark
 Nov 18, 2007
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Surfed 2 days  
Positive

I was his guest with my boyfriend. We had very nice time and had a lot of fun at Jasper place. He showed us the simulation of the flood in the Netherlands..scary :) Well this geographer is so nice, funny person and good cook. He and his girlfriend are very positive and open people. Definitely I can recomande him.

Dieuwke Hettinga
From Dieuwke Hettinga
 Utrecht, Netherlands
 Nov 8, 2007
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

What can I say, Jasper is a really nice guy! He and Liza organize most (all) of the CS-Utrecht meetings, so the rest of us lazy people just need show up.
He also knows a lot about Utrecht and its history. More meetings will follow, with interesting conversations and would love to learn more about the city that i now call home.

Joris Sprakel 
From Joris Sprakel
 Amsterdam, Netherlands
 Oct 29, 2007
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

jasper is a great example of couch surfing spirit.. not only hosting and organizing.. but teaching about it too.. cool guy

Rose May 
From Rose May
 Amsterdam, Netherlands
 Oct 28, 2007
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

Jasper is a meeting keeper he joined us for the meeting in Amsterdam.
Hope to see you in Rotterdam, Utrecht, Amsterdam or elsewhere!

*Marije* 
From *Marije*
 Wageningen, Netherlands
 Oct 28, 2007
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Surfed 1 days  
Positive

I have met Jasper and Liza several times now. They are true couchsurfers, welcoming everyone with open arms. They kindly offered me a last minute couch to crash on after a night in Utrecht turned late. Luckily they don't snore (just kidding ;-). See you around!!

Emily Richardson 
From Emily Richardson
 Spring Grove, United States
 Oct 26, 2007
Met in person Friend,  
Positive

He's an extremely cool guy! He's welcoming and open, very insightful to listen to, and knows how to rock out! I am very glad to have met and partied with him at Sziget!

Willem Bouman
From Willem Bouman
 Rotterdam, Netherlands
 Oct 24, 2007
Met in person Acquaintance,  
Positive

Jasper is a friendly, positive guy, really into Couchsurfing. Did meet too short, so see you at Sinterklaas!

Karin Meinkoth 
From Karin Meinkoth
 Edwardsville, United States
 Oct 24, 2007
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Surfed 1 days  
Positive

Jasper helped me out on very short notice. We only spent part of an evening together, but the hospitality and comfort was fantastic. The next time I am in the Netherlands, I would love to meet up again. Thank you Jasper!

Jean-marc Serthelon
From Jean-marc Serthelon
 Edinburgh, United Kingdom
 Oct 24, 2007
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

yeah jasper ! i return the compliment !
you, your girl friend liza and I have the same views on life, and we share this love of music, i hope we'll play together soon !! thanks 4 the cd as well !

Peter Guštin 
From Peter Guštin
 Portoroz, Slovenia
 Oct 15, 2007
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Surfed 1 days  
Positive

Jasper gave us a place to stay in very short notice. We wanted to go on the CS meeting and he generously offered us a couch in return for making a CS meeting a success.
He is a person with wast knowledge and kindly told us a short history of Nederland. Would be great if we had more time to exchange ideas and knowledge.♠

Liza van Kuijk 
From Liza van Kuijk
 Utrecht, Netherlands
 Oct 10, 2007
Met in person Best Friend, Hosted 30 days Surfed 30 days Traveled 30 days 
Positive

I know Jasper as a very social and openminded person. He is very caring (especially for me ;-). Furthermore he is a great cook and with his love for old cities and buildings you have a great guide at your fingertips to show you around in Utrecht!
We are both CS addicts and love to host and share our house and our cat Mees with you!

Marianne Király
From Marianne Király
 Utrecht, Netherlands
 Oct 2, 2007
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

Jasper is a very nice guy, we met on the CS meeting in Utrecht that Liza organized. He brought some great games and I visited the gig of his band 2 days later! They are VERY good! See you next time!

Judith Scarborough
From Judith Scarborough
 Glasgow, United Kingdom
 Sep 29, 2007
Met in person Friend, Traveled 5 days 
Positive

Jasper is a really lovely guy, with a real enthusiasm for his city. he can also quote most of monty python - which i think is pretty impressive.

KAMALJACK
From KAMALJACK
 Sevran, France
 Sep 25, 2007
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

Jasper is always smiling, telling interesting and also funny story (toe-in an hostel to have a shower when you camp at sziget !) he knows a lot about music, he convinced me to see TOOL on stage even though I was a fan of that kind of music and I like that ! Thanks jasper !

Stef and Carolina Mamani Jansen
From Stef and Carolina Mamani Jansen
 Swords, Ireland (Republic of)
 Sep 3, 2007
Met in person Friend,  
Positive

We Have been both active at Dwars, which is the youth organisation of the Green Party in NL, fighting (in a peaceful way) for our ideals, dong campaigns and all sorts of activities. I am happy to find one of my former colleagues here on CS.
We have met a lot of times, but for the moment will not meet again, as we are a bit far away from each other.

Panagiotis Kontolaimos
From Panagiotis Kontolaimos
 Athens, Greece
 Sep 2, 2007
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

we met in leiden last week. jasper is one of the guys you always like to hang out with!!!

Vidya Stipdonk
From Vidya Stipdonk
 Leiden, Netherlands
 Sep 1, 2007
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Hosted 1 days  
Positive

Casper is a genuine nice guy. He is the first ever couchsurfing guest that slept in my house. Thanks to him I can wholeheartedly say I'm positive about this couchsurfing concept. It was a good experience and it makes me more determinded in the dicision of planning my very one and first couchdurfing trip one day....

Sophie Kho
From Sophie Kho
 London, United Kingdom
 Aug 28, 2007
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Surfed 2 days  
Positive

Jasper's the first host I ever had and I'm so glad for it because I've felt so welcome from the both of them! I got an insider's view on the beautiful city of Utrecht from him and Liza (and a good time at the CS meeting)and you should definitely convince him to give you a ride on the back of an authentic Dutch bike hehehe...

Alex Achtem
From Alex Achtem
 Vancouver, Canada
 Aug 23, 2007
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

Jasper is ridiculously easy to talk to and also has lots of interesting and hilarious things to say. This guy knows his Monty Python. I really enjoyed his and Liza's company. Jasper also had the best music recommendations at Sziget!

Sue Schwarz 
From Sue Schwarz
 Vienna, Austria
 Aug 19, 2007
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Hosted 3 days  
Positive

jasper and liza are great surfers with the right spirit. its a pity that i didn't have more time for them (had to work a lot the days they stayed at my place) but i would love to meet them again.

and jasper, the music you gave me is great! thanks a lot. also for the cooking!

Andres Cvitkovich
From Andres Cvitkovich
 Vienna, Austria
 Aug 16, 2007
Met in person Friend, Traveled 8 days 
Positive

We had a lot of fun at Sziget 2007 and besides that he and Liza introduced us to several funny games. It might not always be easy to follow his quite accelerated English but it's worth trying it ;)

Daniel Szügyi
From Daniel Szügyi
 Szeged, Hungary
 Aug 16, 2007
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Hosted 1 days  

I recommend Jasper to everybody. Open-minded, relaxed and also a nice person. We got on very well and had a fun evening out with interesting conversations.

Samuel Balint Kovacs 
From Samuel Balint Kovacs
 Paty, Hungary
 Aug 15, 2007
Met in person Friend, Hosted 2 days  
Positive

Jasper surfed at me with his girfriend before going to sziget fesztival in budapest.
Really good sense of party and taste of music he has.
Cheers for everything!!!

Slobodan Acketa
From Slobodan Acketa
 Novi Sad, Serbia
 Aug 15, 2007
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Hosted 2 days  
Positive

Easygoing, relaxed, and polite, Jasper is a perfect guest. Interested in diverse thingz, books, movies, geography, culture and music especialy, listener and talker he is a great guy to talk to also. Fare forward my friend Ska enthusiast! P.S. if U have opportunity go to the concert of his band :P

Hanna Tolonen
From Hanna Tolonen
 Helsinki, Finland
 Aug 5, 2007
Met in person  
Positive

I have got to know Jasper in Utrecht, where I was in one international volunteer camp. He and Liza were just a cute couple and Jasper is a great guide (also in Amsterdam). He has a good taste of humour, movies and clubs...; )

Sarah Bertagnolli
From Sarah Bertagnolli
 Hilversum, Netherlands
 Jul 26, 2007
Met in person Friend, Surfed 2 days  
Positive

JAsper is just great!:) Warm, welcoming, friendly, fun, musical, smart, can hold inspiring conversations about travel, education, music, anything! I really enjoyed the times we spent together, and would be delighted if we meet again someday (I managed to acquire a very specail bar glass from Tallinn to give to you - wheather or not it will survive the journey remains to be seen, but if it does, it is all yours my friend!;)

Bram Muller
From Bram Muller
 Hilversum, Netherlands
 Jul 26, 2007
Met in person Friend,  
Positive

Jasper is a great, socially involved person and also bassplayer in a terrific ska band.

He's got a strong opinion (e.g. on politics).

Thomas Kies
From Thomas Kies
 La Crescenta, United States
 Jun 25, 2007
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

Jasper is a cool guy that loves playing games and introduced us to a couple of card games on the first meeting.I didn't get the chance to have a big talk with him but I'd be glad to meet again and share a conversation.

JOANNA1978
From JOANNA1978
 Huizen, Netherlands
 Jun 4, 2007
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

Jasper is a very nice guy, he's a real teacher even in the weekend he was teaching me about, SKA, Gothic and Monsters. Love to see your band play sometimes

Emre Ayranci
From Emre Ayranci
 Utrecht, Netherlands
 Jun 3, 2007
Met in person Good Friend,  
Positive

He's a cool guy that I feel happy to meet in Utrecht. Definitely open-minded and fun to have time with. We played his and my "games" all together with CSers. Those were just the begining, I have more of them ;)

Riccardo Chimenti 
From Riccardo Chimenti
 Pistoia, Italy
 Jun 3, 2007
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

1/2 Elf 1/2 Warrior and full games machine!My favourite left hand bassman, he knows how to have fun!Stay in tuneeeeeeee

Gabrielle Olson
From Gabrielle Olson
 Muncie, United States
 May 27, 2007
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

Jasper is a wonderful host who is more than willing to answer any questions that you might have about his city. He is very polite and welcoming. I had a wonderful time and visit thanks to Jasper and Liza.

Jullie Shipley
From Jullie Shipley
 Berlin, Germany
 May 7, 2007
Met in person Good Friend, Surfed 3 days  
Positive

jasper and liza are wonderful! i love you guys! the best people in holland, you gave me such a ska holiday, taught me to *not* fall off the back of the bike, and i really DID enjoy melding with the room...

Rupert Pessl
From Rupert Pessl
 Graz, Austria
 Mar 28, 2007
Met in person Friend, Hosted 5 days  
Positive

He is a funny guy and has a lot of general knowledge. He also knows some wired card games...and I love his band! Go check it out: Hotcake :)

Albert Meijer
From Albert Meijer
 Groningen, Netherlands
 Mar 24, 2007
Met in person Acquaintance,  
Positive

He gave me a present, yeah! Well, but I don't really know him that well, bnut he seems nice.

Maria Perez Fernandez
From Maria Perez Fernandez
 Aviles, Spain
 Mar 24, 2007
Met in person Friend, Hosted 10 days  
Positive

He is a really nice person. I laught a lot with him and Liza when he came to visit her. He cooked for us a wonderfull vegetables pie!!ummm!
I hope I will see you soon in Spain.

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