Frank van Steenwijk

Frank was a a really great host and we had a lot of fun at the CS palace!

Franck is a really nice host, and sleep in the CS palace is a fabulous adventure! A lot of meeting, a lot of beer, a lot of great moment!Thank you very much for everything and see you soon guy!

Frank and his royal roommates at the CS Palace were great hosts. I surfed with 4 other girls there and we had a good time meeting other surfers at a party, visiting Dublin and getting to know Frank, Irene and Jip. If you are in Dublin this is a nice place to stay. THANKS YOU GUYS!!!!!!!

He is one of the best person that you could meet in your life. He´s very friend and very helpfull, he is a brilliant person!!!!

What can i say more? His profile speaks for itself! Frank is great Ambassador for CS I had the honour of meeting such an experienced CSer while surfing at his place, CS Palace Dublin, which is a landmark for CSers in Ireland! He is a very honest and straight to the point person who is always trying to gather people so everyone can have a good time! I really enjoyed his company in Dublin especially when going with him and some other friends to Guiness's Storehouse. Dank u wel!! See you soon.

Fraaaaaaank! Frank was one of the first people from Dublin CS I met... being yet in Moscow and still looking for a shared accomodation for a few months! We chatted online and were more than sure that we will find a house to live together with other fellow CSers and turn it into a CS palace. Well, finally we lived in different places, I had my Palace and Frank's got his. :)
He's one of the most CS-spirited people I met on this project - and Dublin as a party and international city suits him fairly well I'd say!
So, I can only say: See ya soon anywhere anytime!

Great guy, whose heart beats just for couchsurfing. Very friendly and responsible. He made our stay in Dublin better and thanks to him Dublin became my number one city :-)

Frank!!!
It was wonderful to meet all four of you (and Jab), you are all lovely people!
I wanted to thank you for being such nice hosts and I really hope you come to London soon!
Could you also please tell Jip that TRYO rocks! :) hehe.
Hope everything is going well and the CS Palace is rising in its splendor!
xxx

I spent few days at Frank's place and it was awesome experience. I can't imagine my stay at Dublin without meeting Frank, it would be much worse I think. He is a great person and I won't never forget his hospitality. Thank you, Frank! And you will always be welcomed at my place in Czech Republic! :)

Frank is a great host and expect a big event if you are coming at the weekend ;) The Couchsrufing Palace is really unique and be prepared to meet millions of couchsurfers. Frank, thanks for all!

I needn't to recommend Frank as a good CS member because it's obvious! He his realy invest in the CS project. I discover his host calendar: what an organization. In fact he is the CSmember I met who host the maximum number of guest (170 when we were).
I was traveling with 4 other people of diferent nationalities and we surfed in his international flat where at the end we all spoke the same language thank's to rum and friendship.

 

If CS had a Monarchy, Frank would be King... he's simply the best host, with a great Dutch humour and kind heart. I look forward to hopefully staying at Frank's CS palace again, they are all true friends for life. Always remember, you ain't much if you ain't Dutch!

 

Frank was nice enough to let me surf with him even though he didn't know me. He seems to be passionate about CS. I think he's a good representative for the CS community.

Thank you again for all :o)

I stayed with some friends for one week end at his flat and we had a realley good time. If you ever go to Dublin try to meet Frank!
He showed us a lot of the city, some places to go out and we felt like his flat mates for a short but great time!

Frank is a CS king. Surfing with him in Dublin was one of my best CS experiences ever. He, his roommates, and friends make up an international group and wonderful company. He took us out to a great club, beat the crap out of me in a pillow fight, and introduced me to people from half a dozen different countries - all in 1 day and 2 nights there. Also, thanks for the tip on the free walking tour - it was great. We're already looking for tickets to come back to Dublin, and hope you'll come visit us in Nantes.

Frank truely embraces the cs ethos but if you're reading this you already know! Positive, open and welcoming. Well on his way to conquering Dublin a new encounter at a time.

Frank is the Man! I really enjoyed to hit his hangovered head during pillow fight!!Oh yeah!!! Frank seems to be prince of the CS Palace in Dublino :) Anyway he is really nice lad, very kind and friendly. We had few great nights out, once probably I broke his tooth, but I don't remember that:) If you come to Dublin, you have only two options stay in CS Palace with Frank or in the Old school house with Me :). Frank rocks! I hope to meet him more. Take it easy matey!

Frank is officially one of the most influential CSers in Dublin! From the day I first tagged along to Purty Kitchen & other events he's been one of those people I associated with the openness of CS in Dublin! He's friendly & always welcoming to new members! Looking forward to the party at your place this Sunday!

Frank is so positive and energetic person. He and his wonderful roomates hosted me when things in Dublin got a bit tight. He's really somethin', you can talk with him about everything. From drunk chit chats while playing the bottle of thruth to serious CS experience exchange ;oD Hope to see him in Zagreb very soon ;o)

Frank is a colleague of me at work, and has been on CS for a long time.

Saturday he had a party of his new house in dublin which he moved in to, and I met lots of his couchsurfing friends that he met, and all them were very nice :)

all in all Frank is a great guy and I would highly recommend to surf his couch( he has 3 of them! )

There has to be something said about a guy who will throw a big party in his nice, new, flat the day after he moves in! He is such an enthusiastic couchsurfer, very hospitable, and all around great person.

Frank is a very nice guy and i'm very happy i have met him.
Frank has introduced me to SC and taken me to some lovely gatherings and meetings.
He has in a short while of knowing him all ready hosted me 3 nights!

Frank is awesome! and fun! you should meet him, wont regret =D

Frank, my best friend :-) I don't even know where to start... he's a this kind of friend who isn't demanding, giving, sharing with you everything, even last tissue :) I'd give him to keep a luggage of money, if I'd have one. I'd consider leaving my girlfriend with him :-D See you for a pint tonight man! I love you! :)

It was my first day on couchsurf and i asked if someone has plans for christmas eve and he answerd me! I was a lot of fun! Thank u for the nice talks and a lot to laugh! He is really easy-going and open minded!
Thank u! :-)

Well,what can I say?!Frank is an amazing guy:smart,open minded,helpfull,friendly..I couldn't find any better housemates!:)even if I know him since 1 week I feel like knowing him for a long time!
So happy that we're going to spend the next six month together in our amazing brand new flat..it'll be a great and unforgettable experience for sure!:)
ps:Dutch Gold rocks!!

 

Frank is an amazing guy! We've been to many CS parties together (including Dublin Halloween09 CS party, where Frank had a great and crazy costume!) Were cooking together with Frank and other CSers nice Russian cuisine dinner (when I was sharing secrets of Russian cousine with CSers) and had a lot of nice talks throughout all of that time!
Frank is a very dedicated CS person - just look at the list of his CS friends to see how committed he is! He is very active in his participation and is very helpful! I am glad that he turned to Dublin and truly believe that he will find a lot of joy and make even more friends here! Great guy to meet!

This guy is great, I was in Dublin for short period, but thanks to him and his colleges we had lots of fun. Btw you look great with your new broken tooth!!
Hope to see you somewhere again!

He's a very cool and friendly person! It's nice to meet him in CS meetings and others.

 

How happy to meet Frank, because I was the postmen from Petra!!! It was a very talkative evening we spent together with others in Dublin at Purty Kitchen. Next time again in Germany!!!

Frank is a very cool and friendly person, we went to different parties and he likes partying! I know him from work (HP in Leixlip), he is the person who initiate me to couchsurfing and help me to set up my account here! THANKS FRANK!!!! He also is my best friend and flatmate now, we've a lot of parties and fun together. We really organize a lot of parties at our place (the CS palace)!!! I hope I'll stay in touch with him even if I go abroad or some where else!!

Great guy, always welcomes people. He welcomed me in to cs and it was an instant hit. Absolutly terrific fellow

 

I met Frank in Dublin, good Dutch Talkin' and hope to share something more in Dublin city yep!

What is more important than knowing what you wanna be in your life?? Well, I definitely owe Frank the ruling out badmington of my potential vocations list :) Yeah, he said it in his reference: he totally humiliated me at that! Good fellow and "expert" CSer :) It was really good to feel his devotion and enthusiasm for CS community and events!

I met Frank at a CS BBQ last September. I've also hosted him and her friend at my place for a few nights. They've been two lovely guests and what I can say now, after five months that I know Frank, is that he's really a nice person.
Always smiling and up to party, definitely a fun and happy guy.
Generous, open minded and always ready to offer his help if needed.
Meet him! I'm more than sure you'll have a good one and let me say that I'm so jealous because he just moved into a fantastic and huge house!!
(Ready to host a million people I guess, eh?!)
I'm sure you'll have lots of fun and you will remind your CSing experience in Dublin with a smile on your face!

CIAO FRANK! See you at the next party in your HUGE HOUSE!!

 

Frank started life in Dublin on Arthur´s Day - the 250th anniversary of Guinness - the biggest session in years in Dublin. He survived that and two more days before we let him home to his own bed. Brilliant guy ... more to come ...

 

Chatting was great, pity it was cut short ;) You're more than welcome in London! x

 

Frank came with the intention of integrating as soon as possible in the Dublin CS community and he completely succeeded :D On his first night in the city he was already drinking pints of Guinness with the rest of us :) He is friendly, active, always up for a beer and, of course, a good guest.

I will be Frank.Meet Frank :)

It was really nice that we could stay at his place (we were four people), and he got a new flatmate as well ... so he is always very busy :) it was great, because we went to a couchsurfing meeting together, and we met a lot of people there!! Rotterdam is a really friendly place! I hope you have the chance to meet him as well!!

 

Good to meet you Frank on your first day in Ireland and take you to your new pad. I have never met anyone with quite the enthusiasm for couchsurfing that you have and can't wait for all the stuff you're going to be doing once you've settled in. Organising a party on your first weekend here. What a start! Welcome to Dublin Frank!

I've spent one day in rotterdam with Frank even if i was surfing in another couch.
Really funny guy. We had a great day and will never forget that we discovered the place of the public bathroom too late when we were using the fountain!

we had a good conversation (even though i don't remember some parts of it =P) and experienced the good feeling of sharing things =D

Frank is a great guy, he helped out us a lot during our stay.

I had a great time w/ frank and never knew that Rotterdam could be so interesting!

Thanks for hosting!

 

I met Frank breifly at a couch surfers meeting and he made me feel comfortable straight away. We spoke about football (LIVERPOOL!) and had a beer. He is v easy to talk to and i would love to stay at his next time im in Rotterdam and get to know him more :)

Frank is the typical easygoing guy! Friendly, polite, nice and so kind!!! Man, thanks a lot for aaaaall the beers we drunk togheter! It was really great! I think if we stayed there a little more, i wouldn't be able to find the way back to home, hahahaha!!!
I REALLY WAIT FOR YOU IN BRAZIL IN 2014!!! You, Marteen and Ben and whoever you take with you, my house is big enough to host everybody and you will eat the best brazilian barbecue ever!!!! Cheers man!!!

He was glad to offer me a place to sleep even though he his couch requests were already full. He said "We'll make something up" :)

Frenk is really positive and kind person. Really he helped a lot! :)
Frenk is open minded and I think can deal with every one. And some of us 3 was the 150th surfer :)

I met him in Rotterdam, for a photographic tour he very kindly offered me!
Hope to meet you again Frank :)

Frank was very welcoming and had prepared an extensive citytour, which absolutely could be recommended! Many thanks and welocome to Sweden for the revenge in monopoly!

Frank is probably one of the most devoted couch surfing hosts that I have met so far. He is geniunly kind and made me and my two friends feel at home at his place and in Rotterdam in general. We played a lot of monopoly and other party games during the evenings, and he made us a great city tour on Rotterdam. We definately enjoyed our stay!

Frank is someone that every couch surfer should get to meet. There are dedicated people amongst us, and then there are people like Frank.

Nothing is too much trouble for this dude. If couch surfing was a job, Frank would be getting a lot of money for what he does!! He is down to earth, easy to get to know, incredibly friendly and very trusting in you.

He arranges activities to keep you busy, enjoys spending time with you and getting to know you, and he can stay up late and drink a lot of beer! Always good in my books!!

I really enjoyed my time in Rotterdam, with Frank and the other cs's that he hosted. The city is a great place, much more than I ever expected, and so to anyone out there thinking of going.....please do and please look up Frank and give yourself a chance to make a great new friend.

I hope to back in Rotterdam at some point, and when I'm there, I hope to catch up with and continue to get to know this dude!!

All the best mate!!

Bazza

I met Frank through a mutual friend and we spent an amzing day which ended in Irsih pub with lots of fun. He is a nice and kind-heartd guy and a professional photographer indeed! Frank you are always welcome if you decide to come to Iran.

Great great great host! Perfect guide and party friend:)) Together we have spend one of the best weekends in my lfe! Thank you! :)

Frank is a warm and lovely person. Someone you can rely on. I am very happy I've met him. If you get the chance meet him, he will welcome you as a true friend.

I went to Frank's place for 2 days, partied with him and other couchsurfers all along and this was one of the best week ends in my life :) Really a great unforgetable experience ^^

Well, first of all I am so so sorry that it took me such a long time to write you back.
So what to say about the days you hosted us?
It all started with the spontaneous idea of four friends and a few days later we sat on Franks couch…so he hosted us really, really short-dated. And he even hosted us one day before our appointed arrival, because there were some problems with our other host.
So Frank introduced us to the CS life as he also took us with him to the weekly CS meeting in Rotterdam which was absolutely great! But he also introduced us to the Dutch lifestyle in some ways as we ate bitterballen, VLA (you have to try it, the best pudding we ever ate!!), pannekoeken (I can recommend those with “kersen met slagroom”, yummy), listened to Dutch songs and learned some Dutch words and tongue-twisters. He guided us through Rotterdam, Kinderdijk and Ridderkerk, so he showed us the Nederlands apart from Amsterdam, which was really interesting ;)
Well Frank, thanks a lot!
Best wishes

 

My friend Zvi told me, "If you're in Rotterdam, I met this really cool guy you gotta meet." In the end we ran into eachother accidentally at a CS meeting =)
Zvi was right: Frank is totally friendly, helpful, cool, and more. I'm in R'Dam another week, so I hope we get another chance to chill.

 

there are already around 20 mutual friends on CS between me and Frank so it was about time we finally met :)

Plus, he brought along 4 people from Austria to the Rotterdam-Meeting as well without knowing that I also would be there :D Just as I thought Frank is very easy to get along with! Looking forward to the next time! Sinterklaas? Maybe :)

 

We met on a very nice warm tuesday evening at the Bootleg cafe. As I am still kind of new he made me feel very welcome. Amazing how many people you have already hosted! That must say something! This is a person you really should meet as he is always involved in organising parties and activities such as the dance parade and Sinterklaas.
Hope to talk to you more often at meetings (yes I am planning to go ;-) See you next time!

 

LOL No Frank, a lady is never 'drunk' only a little merry. Yes Rotterdam sure is a friendy and fun city and those refreshing Caiprinia's just went down far too easily :-) after 5 hrs of carnival dancing. Great to meet you too Frank and hope you get yourself a great host for 2012 in London, I will keep an eye out for you. Cheers Amanda :-)

We've met Frank by couchsurfing.He lodged us for two nights. He was very friendly and openminded:)He spent the all weekend with us and showed us every interesting thing in Rotterdam!We reailzed:he is a really good tourist guide:) and an artful photographer in the same time!He introduced us some CS member too, and we enjoyed together the big summer carneval!We ate pancakes in his home with dutch sirup...hmm it was delicious!:)
Thanks Frank that our first CS experience was so great!;)

He hosted me and my girlfriend. Frank is a very friendly guy. He sacrificed a great deal of his free time to make our stay in Rotterdam enjoyable. He gave us a lot of very interesting information about his city :) Thanks a lot Frank!

He hosted me and my boyfriend. He and whole stay in Rotterdam was great (especially the tour through the city). He replied positively on our last minute request - that was really nice of him :)
Thank you very much Frank!

Frank is a friendly and kind person, also generous and team builder, proving beer and photographer for a whole group.

cu soon mate !!!

i had contact with frank trough email because he organized the rotterdam carnival as well and he gave great advice and suport in that,thanks for that .
we met after a lot of texting each other on the rotterdam carnival in the end.
very relaxed guy and loves to share with other people .
meet him.
at 22 th of august he hosted me ,great host ,even better couch,hahaha

 

Sorry Frank, I almost forgot to accept your request :'(
We shared the whole day together ... with hundreds more of Dutch's around us. I really enjoyed that day and his company. Frank is really open minded and easy going. You can easily chitchat with him about anything. I can truly recommend him to everybody. He will surely be a good host. Thanks again Frank for showing us Swiss people what a real soccer party is^^

Frank is really into CS. I believe he just love the project and treat everyone the best way he can. He has a lot of games at home and we played very much and had great time together. He took us to a tour around Rotterdam what was GREAT!
Thanks Frank!

The stay at Franks home was nice. Although he has a lot of strange things there and the couch on which I was sleeping was not so comfortable, everything else was great. He is a very good host. Me and my friends even got a tour around Rotterdam. That was a truly fantastic tour. A thousand thanks for Frank!

It is hard to add something new to the huuuuge list of positive references of Frank, but i'll try :)!
If you are looking for a place to stay in Rotterdam, Frank is totally one of those people you should meet. He is very talkative, easy-going and open-minded and it is really easy to find things to speak about!
And besides, he has table for billiard in his house! What else you can desire for ;)?

Frank is very open and talkative. We`ve met at my friend`s party. I `ve got the impression that he loves meeting people.

We had a great time in Rotterdam. I hope we`ll repeat it soon;)

Frank is such a sweet guy. He took care of my cat when I was on holiday. He is a loving person and really friendly. I am looking forward to seeing you again!

frank let me stay at his place very last minute and then invited me to stay even longer if I would want to. I wish I had the time to do so because he's a really awesome guy, and even in just the one night there we ad some amazing conversations, and he even gave me the grand tour of Rotterdam the next day. To sum it all up, Frank is a really amazing host, and I really hope i get a chance to see him again sometime soon.

I met him in sinterklaas meeting in rotterdam. although I didn't talk with him yet. But I think he seem nice! I'm sure we can start conversation soon!

 

i recognized him when i saw him..but he had no clue who i was..twice ;)

i'll make sure to sit down and talk to him next time we meet and flash my tattoo/piercing/green hair( or red or blue or..) so he'll never forget again ;)

besides that,i think he is a really devoted and enthousiastic and trustworthy couchsurfer.I hope to see him soon in rotterdam and have a normal conversation !

I met Frank during the Sinterklaas party and, conisitenly, it was one of the best party I've ever involved. Frank is really open-maind, friendly, helpful person, in other words, just a miracle :), I think everyone who had an interface with him had a positive experience and good time. And I'm sure we will meet each other again because Holland is small after all!

We met during Sinterklaas event;we didn't speak a lot together but frank seems to be a cool and open minded guy;thanks particularly for the picture's tour in your city;
See you later mister!!

I totally respect this guy!you know why?cause Frank hosted for 2 weeks my good friend being homeless.We found other common point that is our mutual friend Baptiste.Im just wondering how the world is small!Despite the lack of my time,i appreciated Frank not only as a nice guy with nice character and warm heart (im pretty sure!:) but also
as a good organisator of photo seccion in which i participated with a pleasure!Thanks a lot for hospitability and do believe we`ll keep in touch untill new adventures:)

 

Frank is a cool dude. Finally we've met in Rotterdam after having seen his face many times on Maastricht meeting pages but never came to the point of actually meeting him and having a totally weird msn conversation, confused him with another Frank :)

 

Frank was helpful, kind and a good guide during The C,S Sinterklaas weekend.
When we were speed dating, My quistion, was to make him speechless.
"I offered to share my Hosts bed", I succeeded!!

Frank is one of the most active Rotterdamers CSs and we've met several times at meetings/parties. It's always good to talk with him and it's just a matter of time and opportunities for our friendship to became closer. I dont know about "serious" conversations.. :)

It was funny playing board games with Frank and especially with Frank's rules :-)on a Sunday after a great Sinterklaas party!! Do not forget to bring them along for the next meetings and CU there!

Great ambassador, great city, great people! Rotterdam rules ;-)

Frans is very sociable and gets on with lots of different peep.

 

Frank helped to organise the Sinterklaas meeting in Rotterdam, we met in various entertaining meetings.

Next time: talk about photography.

Frank is mega-positive person - partying with him is just cool :) I met him at my first CoachSurfers party and so he's just cool, easy-going one :)

We have one awesome thing in common: we like to hang out ‘a lot’ to get to know people better. I’m sure we will meet again Frank, with or without Alex! :) I don’t have time to read all the reference your friends left you LOL, but this is what I feel: I sense great friend in you!

He has a dodgy haircut that makes him look like a serial rapist...but this is holland, and dutch are nice people, so that would make him a nice serial rapist...only kidding frank, love ya too, you know wa well cool... ps. my camera is bigger than your camera so schnirrrrrr!

Frank is one of the greatest couchsurfers ever! Not that he is only meeting all travellers' expectations and wrmly welcomes anybody "at home" - but he is the one being most crazy about couchsurfing i ever met! Couchsurfing truly became his life - and that one can feel being hosted by him :-)

 

Met frank in Rotterdam for his sinterklaas meeting that he has (sub) organized. it was a great success. frank is a gentle person, so he offered his couch/place for 7 people. although it was a small place, we all managed to sleep comfortably. when i come to Rotterdam frank, i definitely contact you again. cya bro !

 

Frank is a very funny person. You are stessed out the last to weeks. And now its time to lay your feeds up.

The stay at Frank was super cool! Even though my request was so near-term he was more than friendly and arranged it - great guy! The whole CS Meeting in Rotterdam was quite fantastic and Frank made it possible for me in that way. Thanks a lot!

He is one of my new CS friends...
We had some nice moments together!

Frank! You're great!!! Thanks for organising this great Sinterclass Party in Rotterdam and interrupting your sleep for us.. Was a GREAT Party! More is coming soon...

Frank was a host that saved me in Rotterdam. Myself and another friend were given space in his place even though he had no room. He still found some floor space and took us out on the town. Good guy, CS dedicae (if thats a word).

 

I'm glad I hosted Frank. He came to Vienna as part of his take-pics-of-the-Euro08 trip and it was really interesting to see how he looked at the whole football-fan stuff going on all around us. He told me all sorts of things and even let me play with his camera. I like how he trusted me, we talked quite a lot and also went out partying together. He's a very kind person, very open to the world and he has a good heart.

 

Frank is like the perfect host. Nice he hosts so many surfers at the same time, so I could talk about their CS experiences. I'm new to this kind of travelling and I loved it.

Frank, thanks a lot for this experience. Your cup with your name on it really hits the point.

YEAH, first THX for these experience to me of a new kind. I did not have any other host before where other travellers stayed at the same time...so we got a actual meeting at your house of CSer in fact, too. Which is was with 8 surfers larger than many other meetings. Therefore people will see you are one of the true CSer/ ambassadors of couchsurfing who puts a lot of his time in this to keep it running.

Frank, I had somewhat quite rough days during this weekend, i hadn't expected before you know!! =) I soo needed to rest one day from these 3 days of boozing and conquering r'dam hard. I liked it.

Well, we got to know each other quickly and think we pretty much enjoyed each other companies, didn't we? I really appreciate that you spontaneously went with us out on friday evening, although you didn't want to go in first place. but that's what i appreciate one of the most, coz im that same spontaneously, crazy too. keep partying hard until we see each other again groeten Rensen

I surfed Franks couch for three days in rotterdam. this was my first couchsurfing experience and i can really say i didn't regret it!! Frank is a very nice person. Together we went out to drink and have fun in the inner city. So therefore best for you and thanks for hosting me.

 

Frank is great, he was very helpful about the trip of me and thomas.I tried to surf his couch, but his place was starting to be to crowded. So i figured out that there would be not enough space for everyone, so i decided it would be a better idea to surf another couch. But thanks anyway Frank for everything and i'm sure we will meet up in future again :-)

 

Frank, he is the perfect boyfriend for your sister! (?). I met his brilliant empathic look, at the CS tribe, and really a good "wave" from him.

Frank was very outgoing and he introduced me and my friends Aleks and Gergios to other couchsurfer. He tried to make us involved with the group. We were very happy to meet him and the other couchsurfers. Maybe we can meet again in Rotterdam, in Groningen, or why not in Italy, when I have to come back there!

Frank we met alos on the couchsurfing meeting in Rotterdam. He offered to host us when we were in need for a place to stay. Luckly we found an apartment on our own. thanks a lot, though.
See you around, Frank!!

xx

I met Frank on the cs meeting in R'dam,but talked more trough mail and phone after that :)
He's a positive nice person , altough I really think he's a bit too nice!
He's a real cs-er as you can he on his page.Think he knows Rotterdam better then me!
Looking forward to the beer on thuesday!
-kusss-

I met Frank via via some other people on the Rotterdam meeting, well Frank is like the ubermaster of couchsurfing when you see his profile:-) But that could not have been if he hadn't been such a nice guy and a great organizer, so he brings people together, and thats a very cool thing. Well indeed we havent had real long conversations, maybe this saturday but I think it will be more beertalking :-D I will not fall asleep on the couch on a saturday again :-D

We were supposed to have met during the EM in Austria to support the Clockwork Orange, but unfortunately we didn´t make it. He saw I was going to Rotterdam in October and invited me to his place. We talked a lot about football and I´m glad I had the chance to talk to someone who really likes and understands football. He also helped me to discover the windmills park and one brewery in Rotterdam... and we even went to a party together with other of his CSrs and friends. I believe we will met again, even before South Africa 2010!

 

hahaha Franck He came to talk to me during an evening at Basia's place in Rotterdam, and we stayed together all evening with Maarten to talk, laugh! I spent very good time in his presence
A smiling guy, open, which invest time with a person, attentive, with great humor.
In short I can only say that I hope to meet him during my next visits to the Netherlands, my second home now, his couch as I was promised, or drink beer! Promised the next time I will offer you glasses of beer!
Very pleased to meet you, and the door of my house is always open for you ;)

Franz is a really uncomplicated and fun person. Unfortunately we didn't spend much time together...was short but intense! Looking forward to catching up in London!
All the best mate!

Frank is in love with couchsurfing as well as meeting people; obviously a strong point. The last I knew of he was going to host over ten people after I left, and was willing to do so comfortably. Although I wish I had known more about football to discuss with him, he was ridiculously accommodating. He made me feel at home the whole time I was there, and hopefully he'll make it to wherever I am so I can reciprocate. Come meet up with Frank; he'll show you a good time.

Frank's house is a collector's paradise. If you ever go there, and I highly recommend you to, you'll know what I mean. He took us for very tasty turkish food in Rotterdam in the middle of the night and then he took us home; he has a very friendly, laid-back attitude and makes you feel like home and his curious nature offers room for very interesting conversation. Too bad our stay with him was so short!

Yes it was nice evaluating CS with Frank... The good things and things that could be better. But also in general its nice to have a chat with him, for sure I can recommand him as a host...

 

Frank was a fun and very patient roomie - he waited quite a long time for me to get home (inside, of course) and was still happy to see me and have a 2-hour conversation with me :-) We (my roomie Susi and I) enjoyed spending time with him - mainly inside unfortunately, due to the weather - and I'm proud he cut his very first onion in my kitchen :-D I'm sure we'll meet again sometime!

Frank was a little shy at first, and I think he was told by AM to behave! As I got to know him during my stay, he has been more talkative, hospitable and is like a brother to me. I tease him all the time and know that we can trust and confide in each other.

..because Frank was wearing a shirt with his name on it.. I was able to find him in the crowd of wild Rotterdamer's :) Great to meet you, looking forward to the next one!

He introduced me to the couchsurfing website!

 

Was introduced by Tara, my daughter, at a CS Rotterdam meeting. What a lively evening that was! It was a great opportunity to meet local CSers and fellow travelers. Enjoyed some conversation with Frank about his recent travels to Paris (a favorite of mine). You are always welcome if you find yourself in Wisconsin.

After more than 1 year it's the highest time to update this comment:) I met Frank for the first time during dance parade in R'dam in 2007, he come with his photograph friends! After that time there was period of 'silence' between us and then we refreshed our contacts. I can say that today Frank is one of my closest friends and I really trust him in everything! We spend great time not only parting but also supporting each others as friends and having normal long&deep talks..He has such a big heart and he's very open and warm person with very soft side. He's open to people and easygoing + he's home is always full of CS:)- If you gather he's friendship you are lucky.

Frank seems to a very nice, caring and relaxed guy. We're definitely gonna hang out more with some fellow Rotterdam CS'ers (when Frank is'n't playing badminton and when I am not working on my thesis, for instance :-).

 

As soon as I get internet, I will write something better ;-)

But he is a great guy and has a great house full of games!

Frank is a real couchsurfing spirit, always willing to meet new people, always willing to help. We had a couple of parties here, in Rotterdam. And I still owe him a beer ;)

It's good that there's people like Frank who make people feel welcome when they are almost lost and alone. He's an archetype of a couchsurfer :>

 

He is a very fanatic couchsurfer. Hosting a lot. Surfing a lot. It's nice to chat with him.

frank was one of the first people i emailed when i found out that id be doing a masters program in rotterdam. he was extremely helpful from the beginning and i certainly ended up bothering him with my numerous emails before we actually got to meet each other in person at cafe boudewjin.

frank, im sorry for all the questions and requests i sent you. you know i didnt have a good start in rotterdam, but as olivier said "things can only get better". im sure we'll finally start talking to each other more regularly and not just via email. see you at the meeting on tuesday? :-)

Frank is a very social man.You can find him on CS meetings.I really enjoyed his sense of humor.

Frank is probably one the most patient people in cs - i stayed at his place for 2 weeks and he didn't kick me out before i left myself! :) Really great and easy going guy with a flat full of games (really good for long evenings). He even made me much more interested in sports what I thought is quite impossible. Thank you for everything Frank!

A very friendly guy with interesting stories.
See you on a next meeting!

 

Frank is a nice guy to talk to, sometimes he can be a little sarcastic but he surely knows how to be complimentary (...). Weekly Tuesday meetings are therefor never boring.

Frank is a great guy. He is kind, funny and social. We hang out a lot of times and became really good friends.

Frank is a very nice and helpful, though we haven't had much chance to meet up, I know he's a very pleasant to hang out with

Frank is the one who introduced me to CS. We met in Basel and he convinced me to come to the CS meetings in Rotterdam. He's really a great CS-er. If you know Frank you will get to know much more people and you'll be invited for many activities. Frank is really trying to make others have a good time. Frank, I owe you a beer!

I met Frank at a couchsurfing meeting. He offered me to stay at his house but I already found another couchsurfer to stay with.
Anyway Frank seems to be a trustful and funny guy.
See you next time in Rotterdam! :-)

At first Frank seemed a bit strange, but later on I saw that he is a very good person. He hosted us, gave us advices on everything, gave a very interesting tour around Rotterdam and trusted us. He is really helpful and trustworthy, and if you are going to Rotterdam for sightseeing, you should definitely ask for his couch. Thanks again Frank!

Frank made a very nice trip for me and other Couchsurfers showing us Rotterdam:) We also were at the Rotterdam Dance Parade and Afterparty together! He is very friendly and helpful person, really worth to meet and party with:)

 

thx for joining us for the final and partying with us! awesome guy!!!

 

Frank I really enjoyed the parade event! You really looked after all csers that came! I look forward getting to know you better! Big UPS!

 

He invited me to his city (That i really enjoy) and i surf his place for 2 days. His humor is something special but i have a good time with him >D. Is a nice guy

 

Frank was the first person to respond to my question on a group post and then masterfully directed me where to meet up even though I could get lost in a shoebox. He introduced me to other Rotterdam CS'ers and I plan to meet up at more events in the future.

 

Frank is a nice guy and an excellent host. I stayed at his place for 3 nights and met some other couchsurfers during the Summer Carnival in Rotterdam.

If you like to play pool, then you should visit him (he has his own pool table) but be aware of not betting with him, because you could find yourself loosing 5 euros, just like it happened to me ;)

Thanks for everything Frank!

Take care,
Alan

Frank is a very open-minded guy and I am glad he hosted me although everything was quite on short notice. We unfortunately didn't spend a lot of time together as I actually like his special humour :) Rotterdam is such an interesting place. Thanks for everything.

hello!!!!!
remember u as a positive full of energy guy!!!!Very active member of CS!!!!Thats a pity I dont have enough time to meet you again this summer....but hope to see u when I will be in Europe again!!!and where are that pictures u made?ha!!!would love to see them!!!!

I surf franks house for 3 nice nights, i met a lot of people because was the latin carnaval and frank was so cool.

Frank was an awesome host, and a good guy in general to hang out with. He gave me and another surfer a custom tour of Rotterdam and hung out with a lot even though he had to work during the week. He's very knowledgeable about Holland and can give you some good recommendations as well. All in all, it was an excellent experience.

 

Frank is one of the crazy dutchies that invaded Switz during the Euro :) It was great fun to see him actively participating in the CS weeknd and other meetings. And waving his proud orange during the games, and standing proud after the Dutch finally lost to the Russians.

Frank is a Rotterdam CS enthusiast. Very friendly and good sense of humor. Im sure we are going to hangout a lot as Rotterdam CS-ers!

We met at a local meeting and got to talk about photography. Frank seems eager to develop (pun intended) in this area so we have a nice shared interest.

I enjoyed our conversations at the weekly meeting then met up the next day to see some football festivities. He still wanted to hang out even though I made him wait 2 hours in the cold and rain. I forsee some more billiards in our future!

Frank is one great organiser, he helped me find them in crowded Rotterdam during Carneval,we were all hanging out there,and I really had a great time... Frank,thank you very much for that day, I would have missed the Carneval if there weren't you.. :) and send me some photos ,please ;)

 

We just met for a few minutes, I cannot really say anything about this person. However, the first impression was OK.

we surfed frank's couch for 2 nights on our luxembourg/belgium/holland-trip.even if we are two completely different persons we could talk about lots of stuff and we even realized that he knows some of my friends in berne because of couchsurfing. he showed us around in rotterdam, served us breakfast on his pool-table (even some traditional dutch food) and took us to the weekly rotterdam couchsurfing-meeting. thanks for all that.

Frank was a nice and hospitalary guy, he show me the best party I saw in The Netherlands call it Carnnival in Rotterdam, was very nice time,
hope to see you again Frank and thank you for all your time

 

Frank welcomed me in the centre of Rotterdam on Friday, we talked a little and drinked a beer.
Next day to the Summer Carnaval.
Frank is a great host, and he can talk about a lot of subjects.
Thanks Frank, it was great to meet you.
Wij gaan ons zien, i hope.

Frank is indeed a great bicycle-chaffeur! I met him at Birgits farewell party just after I arrived in Rotterdam being welcomed with open arms.

 

Frank was the first person to contact me to stay during the Euro 2008. It was great to host such an enthusiastic football fan during the games! We wandered the streets in Orange receiving many cheers of "Hopp Holland" :) He designed his holiday to support Holland and to visit the host cities. Frank is caring and sympathetic. He fit right in to the the Zurich CS crowd, joining us for and evening out to watch the games and even encouraging other CSers to join us!

Frank was kind enough to host me in Rotterdam, which I learned is the most awesome city in The Netherlands. He took me to a CS meetup in the city center and showed me around his neighborhood plus he let me win a few games of pool. Best of all, he bought us some beers. And beer is good.

Thank you Frank for having me at your place. For showing me Rotterdam and for teaching me how to play pool table:)) As my host I always wanted you to win:))) I really enjoyed Rotterdam and it`s orginality. As I say to everyone - World is small, so probably see you somewhere there. Go Feyenoord!!!

Frank was so nice to show us around Rotterdam. We also got to do his tour around town, which he designed especially for a CS-event and all his other couchsurfers.
He also took us along to the weekly meeting of the Rotterdam - couchsurfers which was nice.

 

Frank stayed at my place during the EM08. He did his big couchsurfing tour and I was happy to host him. Eventhought Frank and me are pretty different persons (as far as i can tell), we had a very good time. I'm not into soccer at all and he showed me the how this small ball can mean the world to many people! :) It was certainly very interesting! Thanks Frank for visiting and all the best!

 

He sent me an email about the post I left in the Rotterdam-group. I was plesantly surprised. So when he reminded me of the weekly CS meeting in Rotterdam, I immediately dicided to go! Also met him the day after at a spontanious couchsurf meeting. We had nice conversations. He's a really enthousiastic couchsurfer!

we watch together the game france-netherlands. he was a tolerant soccer fan ;)and he seems to be a funny person.

 

Frank was very kind to us.He hosted the four of us, plus another couchsurfer for a night and we had a brilliant time. He showed us around the city and gave us an indepth view of things we would've never discovered ourselves. On top of that we had very nice talks about football and other things. Glad we found your place and hope to see you this weekend!! Sorry for the belated ref, I forgot about it :D

Hey thanks for the add, i met Frank because he was the Isa CS´s guest that weekend in Vienna (EURO08), He is really talkative guy, we went to get some drinks @latin bars around Wien, i hope we can meet again maybe Rotterdam! greetings!

I saw Frank unfortunately only once in Vienna while he was couchsurfing with Isabella, say unfortunately cause I wish we could of hang out more. It was a pleasure to have him around at the Triple Party and ohh he is a great photographer! only that I always runnaway from such great-deep lenses hehe, maybe will visit him in Holland! :)

 

Frank spend some time in Switzerland during the Euro Cup 2008, representing Netherlands in the best possible (and very orange) way. Being a part-time, temporary Dutch fan for the Euro, I certainly appreciated the support. ;-) We had a chance to hang out many times, watch several games together, and consume multiple tasty beers. Because of him, I've also gotten a chance to be a paparazzi for an hour or so, using his nice camera with a looooong zoom lens and taking some fun photos of the "Team Swiss" - "Everyone Else" game at the Bern CS meeting. Hope Frank visits again sometime or we get a chance to meet up elsewhere in the near future. All the best, it's been fun!

Frank is a really nice and fun person, always organizing activities and just enjoying life! If you join the Rotterdam group for some event, he'll surely be there. I'm really glad we met and I'm sure we'll meet much more in the future. See you around Frank!

Well, it was a great night when Holland won against France ;-) what a great game! Besides the game we unfortunately didn't have much time to talk but maybe there will be a next time because I once in a while am visiting my friend in Amsterdam ;-) and hey, Frank, I told you my nickname ;-)

 

Meet this guy if you have a chance: you will enjoy his company. He has a good sense of international humour. I met Frank when he stopped by in Vienna, surfing Isabella's couch. We had a short but great time, going from one bar to another with a bunch of other couchsurfers during the Euro Cup. That's how football and Couchsurfing bring cool people together !! :-) Welcome back in Vienna, anytime !

I met Frank first in a crowded bar and we talked briefly. The second time we met we had a better opportunity to get to know each other. Frank is a guy you immediately feel at home with. He is very open about a lot of things and that gives him a very strong personality. Hope to see him a lot more!

I loved Vienna and the Vienna CS group made my stay better than anticipated. I will definitely be back to see them all.

 

Frank was part of my first ever couch surfing experience and I stayed with it. He's a great guy - friendly, open and considerate :)

 

I met frank several times at CS meetings while he stayed in Bern during the euro2008 soccer championship. He was always friendly and in good mood (which might be related to the fact that Holland always won the games... ;)). I really miss the time going out with him and his Dutch friends!

I spoke only very shortly to Frank, but he was very friendly. And when I asked him for some advice, he really tried to help me, and, most important, reassured me when I needed it. Thanks Frank! See you in two weeks or so!

 

**** To be filled later when i came back from holidays***

Frank's pretty cool, and seems to have cemented himself into the Rotterdam couchSurfing community, but was away traveling all the time since I've been active. Glad to see I hadn't met everyone just yet, because it's always good to see a new (fro me anyway) face pop up!

 

We met quite accidentally in Basel during the Euro 2008. Was quite funny 'cos he indeed requested to surf my couch some time before but I was unable to host then. We spent a maaaaaad day in Basel, going through all possible mental states together, from hope to despair. We were in good company though and that's comforting.

 

I met Frank during the CS meeting in Bern in June 2008. He is a very open and nice guy to talk to and I defenitely hope to meet him again when I go to the Netherlands !

Frank animated the Zurich CS meeting. Through his friendly, communicative nature and by taking pictures he helped people who didn't know anybody there to socialize . He was very wellcoming.

Frank and I surfed the same couch during the CS Bern Weekend, which happened to fall on the amazingly-awesome Holland-France game, in which Holland kicked some serious ass. We got to even speak Dutch, and he didn't even laugh to much at my Frenchified Nederlands. Hope to visit him in Holland someday soon!

Frank is great fun to be around. Very outgoing, and funny. I met him at a CS event in Bern, it was definitely a good time. Look forward to my visit to Holland and meet up for a drink or two! =D

Frank is a funny person I met in Bern during an event where we played soccer together! He with his legs, me with my teeth :) I hope he comes back soon, so we can go swimming or fight for sticks! This is on my "to do with Frank"-list still!

During the EURO Championsship 08, I met Frank several times for games and meetings in Bern! He's an enthousiastic soccer-fan and really knows how to party. It was great fun to have you here in Bern, I hope the beer tasted well (considering the amounts of it you consumed :) )

Frank was surfing Steffi's couch in St.Gallen during the Euro cup and I was there for one evening and met him. He's an extremely nice guy, very open and interested. Hope to see you again, next time in Rotterdam maybe!?

hup hup holland! we met Frank "the tank" in vienna during the EM final. we had a really great time together watching the game in the fanzone! hope to see you again, frank!

we met frank in vienna, had lots of fun times and a great experience! good to meet you frank

 

Frank is interesting in only a positive way. If you have an interest in photograpy get in contact with this fella. He knows it all and has a passion for it equally as he does for having a good time with people he meets along the way. Couchsurfing suits a guy like Frank.

Frank is a very funny and friendly guy and it was great to hang out and party with him in Vienna.

 

Frank is the kind of guy who is hard to miss in the crowd. As tall as Dutchies come, he is hard to overlook and boasts with energy and humor. You absolutely will have a great time whether you surf him, host him or just meet him for a drink. Most likely beer. Very very easy and uncomplicated socially. I only can be positive. Meet him!

 

First of all: Actually this one was an EXTREMELY positive one...!
The hardest part of having Frank as our guest was to say him goodbye. During the time he stayed at our place in some way Frank became a part of the family. We spent a lot of time together - not only partying in the fan-areas, which it was all about actually (and man - I`ll never forget....-)) we had also a trip to Germany, visited a castle and took a LOT of pictures. Thank you for putting all these files on our computer! All in all this was not just any cs-experience, it was THE experience!
This guy is honest, openhearted, outgoing, with a very good humor (yes I know you`re stupid, man), the best man for talking and partying! If you`ll ever have the chance to meet him - do it!
Frank, hopefully things will be just fine for you in the future and you can cope with your emotions concerning your friend Mark.
OF COURSE we`re gonna meet again, in the south, in the north or in the middle...
All the best for you......

Frank is a great guy, very friendly and interesting. See you the next time, my friend!
ORANJE, ORANJE, ORANJE!!!

Oh, there is so much to say about Frank. We first met through my cousins friends and had a crazy night watching and celebrating the Netherlands second EM victory, and then had a great following day playing football and hanging out with the fellow CSers. Frank is super friendly and an extremely kind person. He is well traveled and interesting to talk to. Frank is a great photographer and is always trying to get 'the perfect picture'. I am eagerly waiting to see all of his pictures; and I'm sure they are great. Next time I am in the Netherlands I will be sure to stop in Rotterdam to surf with Frank!

 

Frank was a very nice and uncomplicate guest. Because he came for our CSBerne-weekend during EuroSoccer08 the host-experience was a bit different (we were most of the time in a group of people) but my son, me and our cat enjoyed his company.

 

Sadly he cannot come at my place before to go for a nice meeting in Bern but we spent the nights to the same host during the weekend!
He's a nice guy...I hope you'll make a nice trip in Switzerland and Austria.
You're welcome if you want to come to finally visit me.

 

He is a good photographer and i felt well in his presence. Had a lot of fun with him and hope he had a great time in Switzerland.

 

Frank joined the CS Berne weekend to support Holland, but he did way more than that! He connected very well to the other CSers and i enjoyed very much talking to him. Looking forward to see you again!

 

Hip Hip Netherland,
met this awesome guy at st.gallen and in berne by the orange party. i enjoyed the time with you, because of the party we had. Defenetly not the last time, see you in Rotterdam....greeting

 

he hosted me for two nights at the sinterklassmeeting. he is very spntinous and he let me eat from his pindakaas as much as I wanted. thank you so much for everythin and I hope to cu next summer in switzerland.
update:
hey it was so nice to meet u again and I really liked the trip to zurich and to basel. can't wait for friday in orange!that will give some funny chances to take more good pictures! :-)

One day was enough to realise how interesting it is talking with Frank. We met in Sankt Gallen on the way to the Euro 2008 and I'm sure we will meet again, soon. We both will support our football national teams. If Portugal doesn't win, I wish the best luck to Netherlands. Was really a pleasure meeting u Frank.

Hey, man! Sometimes it's better to chew rather than write references;) Was it the reference for me or Ukrainian national team?:)
Anyway, Frank is extremely joyful and sociable person, a great company for a pub meeting! Ask me for a couch in 2012:)
UPD: 15/10/08 After staying at Franks place near Rotterdam for about 10 days I'm missing his company very much. His house is always opened for friends and Franks is ready to help at any time and support even crazy initiative. He is a real CS animal! Don't miss the opportunity to surf his air matrass!!!:)

Frank was great! Very welcoming...we played pool, talked photography and had a nice time. Definitely a good guy!

 

We met shortly before the soccermatch of the national team. We had some soccer-related talks since I sat next to him, and overall it was a good experience. Unfotunately I had to leave shortly after the match without having time to say goodbye. I'm sure we'll meet soon again!

It was a nice evening with Frank.We watched the match of the Netherlands vs Ukraine in Rotterdam Stadium!Had a drink in a Irish pub afterwards..Hopefully to meet Frank again in CS meeting:)!

 

Frank housted me and my fiends 2 days in Rotterdam. We had two nice evenings with some drinks and chating. He took also a whole day to show us around, it was really funny also because of "the game" :-) Thanks for the greate time! take care

first day i met him he was very very kind, he took us (me and my son Andres) at the supermarket because of my marathon i hade to have special food, next day he took us to pick the marathon number and after that he teach us the most important parts of Rotterdam dowtown, he invited us to CS meeting and he took me home even they had a party later on, Staurday he took us again to dowtown we were at the place for meet in the half of the marathon and later we were in a music festival, the sunday he took us at the star marathon and at the half he took me many pictures, i meet them at the end and we celebrate the marathon having a Libanes dinner, with all these we hade so many many talks about many many topics so now i fell him like a very very good friend, hopping to see him again very soon

 

Frank is also very active in the CS Community both online and offline. He keeps CS Rotterdam alive.

We met at the Queensnight in Utrecht, didn't get much time to chat. I would love to see the pics you took.

we met almost at the end of the cs meeting when we were about to leave. First impression definitely positive. The world is so small so maybe I'll have the opportunity to tell about my second inpression as well ;)

Frank hosted me and my friends Sergej, Inese and Oliver. We enjoyed that very much. Frank prepared a great excursion around Rotterdam like a game. It was very interesting! I saw Rotterdam from the best side. At home Frank has a lot of different table games so we played some. Frank is very friendly, nice and helpful person.

I met Frank briefly at the beginning and the end of the Rotterdam picture quest. He seemd like a nice and helpful guy. Maybe we'll see each other again one day.

We met during QueensNight meeting in Untecht. Although we actually didn't have many opportunities to talk to he (having his terrific camera always ready to hand :]) made a really good impression on me.

 

After a long time of playing hide-and-seek i finally met Frank at the R'dam weekly meeting. He has the right CS spirit, cause he's organising the R'dam Photo Quest meeting and I like that!
And yeah! Even when there was an important soccergame coming up, Frank joined us at the Kinderdijk meeting. I had the chance to talk to him some more and i'm sure i'll meet him more often since he is really easy going, friendly and (last but not least) a good photographer! :) He might even beat me in the CS photocontest... ;)

I met Frank at the PictureQuest he organized for Koninginnedag he organised in Rotterdam. Afterwards we food and games at Mum's Kitchen and the next day Picnic at kinderdijk. nice to chat to, I'm sure we'll meet up again soon.

 

I will you later mate!

We met at the Rotterdam Photoquest that he so fantastically organised. Thank you, Frank, I did really enjoy myself! I will now look forward at seeing all of you again at one of the weekly meetings. :)

I met Frank only briefly but he seemed to be embracing the couch surfing philosophy wholeheartedly!

 

I met Frank the first time at FridayNightFoodFun in Rodam where we did have some time to talk and laugh, he has a very bright personality and is very helpful and openminded. Since we've met for a couple of times now my opinion hasn't changed that he is a great guy for good laughs but also serious philosophic talks. Extra-Bonus: He can pronounce my surname nearly perfect (:

We spent a wonderful day biking, picnicing in Kinderdijk. By the end oy the day all of us got sunburned! :)

I met Frank at a CS gathering (Rotterdam photo contest) the day after I joined Couch Surfing. He made me feel at ease and welcomed into the group. He also introduced me to a lot of other great folks. This made my first experience with the organization a great one. Thanks!!

I met Frank at the Kinderdijk Bike tour, he is an active and enthousiastic Couchsurfer.

 

I talked to Frank on my way to Rotterdam to participate in the Picture Quest he had organised. I was late and he managed to bring me to a team so that I could enjoy the day and take pictures. We went to Mom's kitchen and really had fun together playing games and also in Kinderdijk the next day. Frank is a really friendly guy always there to help you out whenever possible, he also offered me his couch. He likes to have fun, and share it with others. What else, we also end up decorating the bikes before the trip to Kinderdijk with dutch flags... small attentions that makes it much more enjoyable! Hope to see you again, back here in Amsterdam, or in Rotterdam, since I should go back there in the next month.

 

Frank organised a meeting which I attended. After that, he hosted me in his house. We had a nice night playing boardgames, amazingly good food and nice talks. Go and meet him (and figure out whether his neighbours have a parrot or a child... and if you figured it out, please write me! :-) ) See you soon Frank, you're very welcome in Enschede as well!

 

Frank is extremely helpful. He emailed me before my trip to the Netherlands to tell me about the meetings being held there and then when I turned up late to the Rotterdam Picture Quest he called one of the groups and took me to join them so that I could still partcipate. Then he waited for us with my luggage to take us to Momma's Kitchen for dinner1 Extremely kind! Can't wait to see all of his pictures from the events over that weekend.

Frank organized the picture quest in Rotterdam and really did a great job....THANKS! It was alot of fun and I met lots of cool people. After exploring rotterdam I hung out with Frank and some other CSs. Frank is easy to talk to and easy to beat at yatzee ;)

i meet frank at the weeklymeeting of the couchsurfing. pitty i need to leave the place soon that night, so i did't hade much time to talk to him. he seems to me a very nice, kindly person. see you again soon

Frank how can i say thank you. You been a very good person with us. He is a realy positive guy. Again thanks for everything i spent a good time in Rotterdam.
Hope you see you again
Cheers

We met Frank while havin' a Rotterdam city tour. He was preparin' a photo quest 'n we discovered interesting places with him. Unfortunately, we didn't have much time to have longer conversation together after the walk!
See you at our home, Frank;)

 

He made me go to Rotterdam, drink German beer, Slovakian shot (52%), and tap water (0%:). He offered a bike, guided me through the city, taught me how to make that tricky yellow ball jump over the bad looking black one on the pool table.
I must say that my camera is not crappy; okay, it is, but come on, it's not THAT crappy! :-P
He is an easy-going, talkative and friendly guy, I hope to see you in Budapest!

I've met him at cs meetings in Rotterdam a couple of times. I haven't had a longer conversation with him yet, but I will! He seems to be a great guy. He's organising the R'dam Photo Quest and that's great! See you!

 

He's a very frequent visitor of the cs meetings in Rotterdam. Likes to have a beer, supports the best soccer squad in the Netherlands and he is always prepared to have an interesting conversation

 

We had a nice chat about CS, life in the Netherlands, and well ... a little bit of everything.

 

Frank is a good CouchSurfer, allways prepared for helping. Together we made the Rotterdam-Photo Quest. I wish him a lot of success and many nice hostings.

Fortunately we've found his couch in Rotterdam after our homeless experience at Amsterdam's snowy-Easter. This very kind guy, knows a loooot of football and he showed us how to play the 9 ball (a game that has became my favorite pool game!). Also he showed us the city (of course, the Feyenoord stadium), took us to have dinner at his parents place, we had many many chats.... and the most important thing, we had a really good time with him =)
extremely positive. that's it.
c u around, man. remember the argentinian shit ;)

I met Frank back in 2004 when I was on holidays in the Netherlands. We just met randomly but he was so nice and the click was so good that we stayed together for 2 weeks. He showed me a lot of places and we were really good friends. Frank introduced me to Couchsurfing as he is a member for a long time already and when I told him about my travel plans for India he told me I should become a Couchsurfer. We talked a lot about it and then I decided to do it, so here I am. I am also going back to him in October and I can't wait to see him again !!

 

Met a couchsurf meeting Rotterdam
Seems to be a nice guy. :)

Friendly and open person. We talked a bit in Cambrinus (café/restaurant) and I'm sure we'll see each other again at one of the CS-meetings in Boudewijn.

I went to the meeting for the first time... There was a great atmosphere so I am most certainly coming back...

Good night out in Rotterdam, met Frank there as part of my first CS Meet in Rotterdam Reality Tour (I believe it is known as the weekly meeting though ;) ). More talking next time!

I got to know Frank as I was visiting Rotterdam. We met at Friday Night Food Fun - a CS meeting. It was nice to talk to him, Frank made an impression of an outgoing person.

 

I saw Frank quite often allready on postings in CS, so he didn't feel really new when I met him in person. He appeared to be what I expected, good company, devoted to CS and a very hospitable host. Hope to see you often on meeting both in Rotterdam & Utrecht

He was able to wait for me more than 4 hours at the finish line at the Rotterdam marathon and then he was able to walk with me at the same speed until we reach a cozy place. He is a very nice guy!

 

We met in several CS meetings and I am glad we did cause he is a nice person!

Like Frank said, he's one of the first people I'had a bit of a chit chat.
He seemed like a nice guy, hope to get to know him better in future.

 

Frank is a very pleasant and knowledgeable guy to hook up with who makes u top-notch comfortable with his cheerful smile. I cannot remember him being parted with his camera even for a minute. He definitely has a special bond with his camera. He tried to help outta his way to find a couch for me in Germany though i wasnt a bonafide member of the club at the time. He is a pal of Sagnik back in Rotterdam. Would definitely want to meet up with this mate, in the near future.

We met for his birthday and had a great time at a discoteca. Good guy.

I enjoyed the time in Rotterdam, I didn't know any CS people there before I was welcomed and we had a great time with Frank and others at the singing evening and at Frank's birthday party. Let's see what comes next!

 

I love this guy. I know him already for a couple of months now and I can say that he is close to become a friend of me. By the way he really knows how to deal with all kind of men.

Thanks for not only backing up technically but also vocally our singing event! Frank seems very engaged to gather cs and since he gatheres a cool gang we even had a funny boogie for his birthday!

 

I've seen Frank several times on meetings and went to his birthday party in Plan C. Haven't had a proper conversation yet, Franks an OK guy!

 

When we first met at Frueh's Brewhouse in Cologne after the CS Christmas-Market Crawl 07, I found him really charming and I liked it/him ... and when 3 months later, he invited me to his birthday party, I spontaneously accepted his invitation and we passed a really nice WE together. I was enchanted by his sincere and caring empathy and hospitality (not only to me but to all of his birthday guests) and so thrilled by the stories his CS-guests could tell about Iran. I also liked a lot that we spent the night in the same room chatting for hours ...
I only managed to come back to R'dam 7 months later (after trying to invite him to my place) ... and I again found him impressingly sensitive, caring, helping, hospitable as well as modest, a good listener ... I really feel at home when you're around ... Another ten months later, I was the first to surf his couch in Dublin and we spent four harmonious days together. To be continued ...

Frank came during NYE to Mom's Kitchen.
I think he enjoyed the music, food and watching the Surinam dancing. Hope that you visit MK more often.

We found him via Couchsurfing and he was willing to host us after a phone call from our friend even when we did not have anything on our profile. We had some talks on the first night straight away. He helped us creating our profile and we will have a lot of things to do like a city tour, a singing evening and even his birhday party. We are very lucky to have met him.

Frank...
This guy received not only me and my group of friends(4 friends, their first couchsurfing xperience!) but also two other argentinian guys...
It was a really short couchsurfing experience... we had only one day in Rotterdam... So.... we didnt have time to know each other... but was enough to say that whenever u wanna come to Brazil you must contact me... It will be also a pleasure 4 me to help u and know u more in my country (dont stay only one day ok!!!!)
We had nice moments, and be prepared for pictures!

Frank is a great guy! Extremely friendly and very generous. We were trying to find a couch in Amsterdam on Eastern (hard task!) and He contacted me offering to be our guest!
He was always taking care of me and Daniel, showing us around, taking us to meet his parents and have dinner, city tour, pool, and some things that I may be missing now...anyway, it was a great experience. We see a lot of Rotterdam in such a short time!. You are welcomed in Argentina (when I get back there)! Next time I will take with me more Argentinian shit (mate) so you can have as much as you want =D.
You that are reading this, host him if you get the chance, I know I will.

hello Frank!, i hope we can see each other in another couchsurfing meeting. it was nice to talk to you while our great meeting in Rotterdam. take care!

Very welcoming host... I'm not going to write an essay about how cool Frank is (like he did for me ;))... but I had a really fun time with him. Really cool guy to talk to, very generous, open, interesting!

very nice guy. A safe and comfortable place to stay.

Talked to Frank twice and he seems like a nice guy. See you around Frank!

 

Nice talks, we should definitly try to talk more. I guess I am to busy and running too often to Belgium... Will try to improve that.

We came to surf his place for five days, and he was really open about showing us around the city. We even went to a meeting for couchsurfers in Downtown Rotterdam the second day I was here. Overall, a very cool dude.

Met him on a cs meeting . From what I remeber he is very relaxed and good to talk to , sorry for not beeing able to tell more but there was a lot of glühwein that evening ! ;-)

Franky's the man:-) Met up with this guy on two occasions but both were in the magic city of R O T T E R D A M, where you can find the headquarters of a certain project, that involves a certain town located in Japan...Back to Fredy now. Cool guy, would love to meet up again! :-)

Frank Frank Frank!!!

what can I say about this fellow? Frank set me off on the right foot by being my very first couch surfing host, I couldn't have hoped for a better host!

He was kind enough to pick my cousin and I up in Amsterdam, a few hours trip from where he lives in Rotterdam. We spent a day in Amsterdam and the next day in Rotterdam. It was great to have a local show us around, and also recommend the good snacks! We had a "Mejicano" snack...well, it wasn't very Mexican, but it was good! Hahaha.

Frank was very very nice to us, taking us places and telling us stories of his soccer team Feyonoord! (Wuuu!! Go Feyonoord!). We had a lot of time to talk and I feel I really got to know him. I definitely had a positive experience, and would love to one day get to host him!

Frank, come visit anytime!

See you in South Africa!

Frank responded with enthusiasm on my proposal to go hitching to Paris for NYE, so I suspected he would be a cool guy. And he turned out to be so, when I met him some weeks later on Rainey's birthday party. (Obviously the hitch did not go through in the end)
Hope to see you again! I know I will.

 

Frank and I surfed in Rotterdam for NYE 2008. It was a blast hanging out with Rainey, our host, and partying at a local pub and then an afterbar. Rainey also took us to the Suriname Cultural Center beforehand where we were fed. Frank was fun to talk to and get to know. Hope to run into him again!

 

It was great to talk to Frank at Rainey's birthday and we also exchange some messages, but somehow did not manage to meet again. Looking forward to it.

Frank was very very very nice, hospitable and accommodating to me and my friend.he really wanted to entertain us and make us have a really good time.

 

Frank host me during a CS meeting in Rotterdam. I have been touched by his kindness and deep generosity, he really care about you!! "Juste quelqu'un de bien" :-)

mate what can i say about frank hes one of the nicest caring guys ull ever meet .
he was a angel to me an others . i cant wait to see u again in koln .

u know i could never repay u for what u did and u deserve mover than a vouch . thank u so much for every thing mate thank u
man and we even enjoy koln together :)

fk the jacket lol

 

Frank is such an easy going open guy and he is very carring and talkative.
He first contacted me for a ride to Germany, we met in R'dam at the Sinterklaas party, in Cologne for the X-mas market and on weekly gatherings. He loves taking pictures. If he can he will help you out, so surf his couch and get to know him!

Every time I run into Frank, I like him more and more. He's a very friendly face to find at a party.

What a great guy too! He took in two of my less than sober friends for the whole weekend during the Sinterklaas meet in Rotterdam, and anyone who can handle them that long is amazing in my books ;). I hope we keep running into eachother man, keep smiling!

Frank is some sort of a guy, quite funny great partyanimal and always cameraistic. You should hang out with this dude. know i answered late, sry frank

Franck is veeeeery nice, we spent some time under my umbrella (ella, ella, eh, eh, eh) and he fed me with a thing made of potatoes and onions and apple sauce with a very complicated german name at Xmas market in Köln. Hope we meet again, Franck!

I have been at several events with Frank and really love his always calm attitude. We did some couchsurfing at Marcs home and this was just great!
I really recommend Frank as a guest!

Frank was our guardian with the umbrella =) Was nice to meet him during the Xmas meeting, hope to see you around for the NY in Paris!

Nice to meet you. Funny guy with a top camera.
Update:
Thank you for hosting me, showing around, giving me a lesson at pool and .....Have fun with the game of GO

We met at the Cologne Christmas market crawl and had some nice chats. He is a nice guy to hang out with and have fun. Frank, I can't wait to see the pictures you took!! :-)

I met Frank at a CS Meeting tour drinking glühwein and beer. An other great CS experience - i hope to see your fotos soon :D

Since meeting in Rotterdam, we shared a fun car ride and weekend during Cologne's Christmas Market meeting, co-organized board game meetings in Rotterdam, toured Versailles, and met so many other times as well. He is so great, takes amazing pictures, and I am so glad to have met him during my time in the Netherlands. Hope to see you at Sinterklaas 2008!

We met during the Sinterklaas meeting warm up at o sheas in Rotterdam. We had a few quick discussions and he really seems to be a nice guy :)

He's the best guy you will ever be able to meet. If you want to go to party, easily hang out or having a wonderful time whatsoever, you gotta meet up with this guy.

 

After exchanging a few messages, we finally met up at a few meetings well over a year later. Frank seems like a nice and friendly guy, who is eager to make his guests feel comfortable.

[Frenk] was so kind to let me sleep in his flat just 3 minutes after we met! Wow, speaking of hospitality! In the end I stayed at someone else's place and he was cool about that too. In the pub we met several times briefly and he was always happy and having fun. Really nice guy.

 

Hey Frank, Why didn't we meet yet on the CS Rotterdam Meeting on Tuesday?
So we can do more talking. Would be fun!

 

After his spontaneous response on my postings,he was willing to have a new karma for the measly amount of 2,00 euro's and that for a good cause!
Rossi and i did our best to summon up great energies from above/anywhere and he was such a great sport to undergo the karma makeover.I hope it lasted more than that night and is still working!

 

Frank is the kind of guy, who you think is initially quiet and reserved; but once he gets going he can go on forever. I like his enthusiasm about meeting people in CS; and also his keen interest in photography. Neat pictures. Looking forward to more meeting and gatherings.

 

I met Frank at the Sinterklass celebration in Rotterdam. He is very friendly and we enjoyed many fun discussions throughout the weekend!

 

I met Frank at the Sinterklaas Warmup party and we had an enjoyable conversation. He is an outgoing and interesting person. I shall come back to Rotterdam to meet again ! thanks for the fun !

I had a great time in Rotterdam with Frank. We seemed to me such a easygoing and fun guy to be with.
hope to party soon with ya again!

 

Frank and I were on duty as photographer during the Sinterklaas weekend in Rotterdam. It doesn't take so much more than to have a common hobby to get along with each other a bit easier. I am looking forward to receive some e-mails with your best pictures you shot during the weekend!

We chatted during Sinterklaas weekend in Roterdam...about travelling...about Lithuania...Netherlands,Tilburg,parties...and much more...Frank is really friendly and nice person, see you in the next meeting! :)

I met him at the Sinterklaas party. He seems like a nice guy.

Frank was part of the CS Sinterklaas Meeting, just like me,;) We had some talk on that endless odyssee to the Rotterdam brewery. He is a laid back dude who knows about everything one can possibly know about soccer!

 

I keep on forgetting if it was Frank1 or Frank2 but I do know there's only one Frank like Frank van Steenwijk. Had a couple of nice talks and beers on the Rotterdam meeting. Hopefully next time I'm a bit less drunk ;).

 

Frank is just great to meet. first we had plenty of talks on hyves and finally this person seems to become a CS junky like me now. (and i love to see that)

It was good fun to meet up with Frank!! We obviously have the same character, and it shows. No question why, we are members of the Frank League... Frankly speaking, Frank is a positive thinker and a person who definitely likes to spend some good time with nice people around (well, who doesn't :). So my best advice for you Frank is to join the meetings here in Maastricht in the beginning of February, and the Berlin Beach Camp, May / June '08, you should NOT miss... What's more you can expect me back in Rotterdam in a year (or before) when Sinterklaas will celebrate his birthday again!!

We just met briefly at meetings, but long enough to know this is a good person! Like to know what happened after we went in different directions last Saturday - see you tomorrow!

Frank is a nice bloke! :)

 

I met Frank at the Toilet during the Sinterklaas Gathering in Rotterdam. He's very sympathic and talkable. Sure that we will meet us again, you are welcomed to Lille whenever you want !

 

We had a little chat at the Sinterklaas meeting!

Had some nice chats with Frank during Sinterklaas...see you in Rotterdam!

Frank is totally awesome! He was able to host me on very short notice after the Sinterklaas party. I knew it was all good from the start because he was kind and more than willing to help me. We found each other at the party and had a blast!! Definitely a cool, laid back, warm fellow, can't wait to party again!

We tried to take a train to Maastricht together, but that didnt work out. Then we met in Rotterdam, and he offered me a place to stay. Nice guy, opening up his house for many people in need.

Very, very, very good guy !!!!!!

I met him at the the weekly meeting and talked to him the whole evening until we were the last cs'ers that left the bar. It was the first time he joined the weekly meeting but i'm sure it won't be his last, welcome to the club ;)

Frank is a great person, host, talk partner and guide. I can assure you that he will always do as much as he can to make people feel good.
I will never forget how I and my friend stayed at his place. Having some trouble Frank helped us and he did it with pleasure.
Thanks to him we saw Rotterdam and ate some typical sweets of Netherlands.

If you want to visit Rotterdam,I reccomend you to communicate with Frank!

 

I surfed with Frank in the middle of my Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Belgium bike trip. He was a very good host, easy going person and good to talk with. Also, it was great, since I asked for the couch in so little time and still he was ok to host me. Hope I can return the favour here in Gent ;)

Frank is one of the sweetest guys I've ever met. He will do anything to make sure you will have a good time.

 

After 2 years we finally met. It is so funny. I just read some emails from you and you were introduced to CS by your father who heard it on the radio. Well Frank I'm glad we finally met. But don't worry we will see eacht other very soon again!! Well you got more experience in surfing than I did!!!