Tommy Quist

Tommy Quist

Current Mission: "Find some way to never stop travelling"

Personal Designations

Definitely couch available Vouched for16

Community Designations

CS Team Member City Ambassador (Leiden)
Contribution
Netherlands
Zuid-Holland
Leiden
Lat: 52.1569, Lon: 4.4899
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General Information

Tommy Quist is a CS City Ambassador for Leiden, Netherlands!
Tommy Quist has been vouched for
VERIFIED MEMBER Identity Checked, Location Pending more info
Couch availableDefinitely!
CouchSurf requests replied to100%
member sinceApril 6th, 2007
profile views6370
age24
birthday27 August
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genderMale
membernameLINFORCER
occupationStudy
educationHAVO, now studying Computer Science
grew up inDordrecht, The Netherlands
ethnicityNederlands
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Languages

  • EnglishExpert
  • DutchExpert
  • NorwegianIntermediate
  • GermanIntermediate
  • SwedishBeginner
  • DanishBeginner
  • FrenchBeginner
  • SpanishBeginner

Groups I Belong To

Europe 556563:34356
Why: damn I live in Europe!
Hitchhikers 10789:11961
Why: I hitchhike
Netherlands CS Organisation 100:1724
Why: Leiden representative
Utrecht 1953:9121
Why: I love Utrecht
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Couch Information



Couch picture

Couch Available: Definitely!
Preferred Gender: Any
Max Surfers Per Night: 5

Shared Sleeping Surface: No
Shared Room: Yes

I have two matresses, an inflatable double mattress, and some bed-under thingy that can serve as a sleeping place. All of them in the same room, though sometimes someone could sleep in the room of flatmate and fellow couchsurfer Anna.

FAQ about my Couch (You may want to read this)

Q:What do you need to be my CouchSurfer?

A:1.Nothing*

* This is in fact a lie. You need a CouchSurfing account with some information about you and if possible one or more pictures

Q:Why did you lie back there?

A:Because, well, it's sort of true, you don't need to be any sort of age-group, gender, ethincity or anything else. You don't need to be interesting, you don't need to be interested in me. You don't need... wait, ok, you need clothes... I'm not sure I could get all 5 housemates to agree with the idea of nudists staying here. So you need at least that to get through my house. But that's it! I promise!

Q:What's that bit about being interesting or interested, isn't CouchSurfing all about cultural exchange?

A:Yes! No! Yes!
That is to say, I think the general concensus is, it is. And I agree with that. CouchSurfing is about cultural exchange in the same way that cooking is about food.

Q:What?!

A:Okay, see here it is. Cooking is about food, but er.. it's also about eating and... well That's a bad analogy but you see er...

Q:Would you bloody well GET ON WITH IT?

A:Yes, ok so here's the deal, friend. At my place, you are not a guest. You are at home.

Q:Does that mean I get to prance around naked?

A:Now, we've already dealt with nudist issues. What I'm saying is: you don't owe me anything. Most CouchSurfers feel that they have an obligation to their hosts to share with them wonderful stories and all that mumbojumbo.

Q:But what if I'm BORING?!

A:Would you stop interupting me? This is exactly the point I'm trying to make. Maybe you're boring. Maybe you're just stopping here for one night on the way to Beijing and you have to get up in the morning to catch the next train/bus/hitchhike/spaceshuttle/interdimensional doorway, and the last thing you can be bothered with is telling some earthling all about the time Zoth overthrew your ancestors' Martian empire, nor do you want to hear is his trite little stories about when the local windmill was built. Maybe you just fail at making conversation with people who aren't roundbreasted young women or tall bronzed men, rippling with muscles.
Does this mean you should be denied a place to sleep?

Q:Well, Does it?

A:Absolutely not.

Q:But what if I do want to tell you my super awesome stories and am doing this because I'm wanting to make friends for life?

A:Then if you're staying long enough, and you don't come when I have a lot of work to do (ha, me, work?) then there's a good chance at that aswell. But the thing of it is, it's not mandatory.

Q:What if I didn't feel like reading all of that and I skipped straight to this?

A:If you suffered a good old case of tl;dr (too long;didn't read) here it is in a nutshell.

If you stay here, you don't owe me anything, and I don't owe you anything, any exchanges, cultural or otherwise are completely optional, from both sides.

Q:Do you know this isn't actually an FAQ unless these Q uestions were A sked F requently?

A:I asked myself them, and I determine what passes for "frequent" so there, now, go write up your CouchSurf requests, you smartass.

If you are looking for a couch for any of these dates, please find another host, as I will not be able to host you:
until march 9th Norway, Gemany, France
Contact Method:

Skype : linforcer
Phone : 0633102727 (+31633102727) ( SORRY!temp. unavailable)
e-mail/MSN: linforcer@gmail.com

I live about 10 - 15 minutes by bus away from the central trainstation, or 10 - 15 minutes walking from trainstations "Leiden Lammerschans" or and "De Vink"

There are no pets.

I don't smoke, smoking is allowed at the window, or in the hallway.Weed is ok. Alcohol is ok, as long as you don't get super drunk.

I like having people over for about a week, upto as much as two weeks if necessary.

Friends (151)

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Christin Peevor Christin Peevor
22, Female
Larvik, Vestfold
Norway
Friends since December 2006
"We met through xlingo.com"
Friendship Type: Best Friend
Met in person   Hosted30+   Surfed30+   Traveled23  
Untung HaryonoUntung Haryono
26, Male
Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland
Netherlands
Friends since September 2003
"Best friend"
Friendship Type: Best Friend
Met in person   Surfed4  
Tara ArntsenTara Arntsen
24, Female
Furukawa, Miyagi
Japan
Friends since July 2008
"Rotterdam meetings & Sinterklaas"
Friendship Type: Good Friend
I vouched for Tommy Quist
Met in person   Hosted20   Surfed1   Traveled7  
Anna MasojidkovaAnna Masojidkova
22, Female
Decin, Decin
Czech Republic
Friends since April 2009
"couchsurfing"
Friendship Type: CouchSurfing Friend
Met in person   Hosted6   Surfed3  
Carel Evertse Carel Evertse
27, Male
Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland
Netherlands
Friends since September 2009
"Tommy had me at hallo..."
Friendship Type: CouchSurfing Friend
Met in person  
VATO_LOCO VATO_LOCO
26, Male
Arnhem, Gelderland
Netherlands
Friends since March 2009
"Been kickin' it with good ole Tommy plenty of times. Caring, true to himself, and stands out from the crowd. Add one beer and a swaffel koning is born. Ulf beware, padlock ur tent if you can if you don't want to be swaffelt!! Mi castillo es su castillo. "
Friendship Type: Good Friend
I vouched for Tommy Quist
Met in person  
Natália NunesNatália Nunes
24, Female
Nilopolis, Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Friends since September 2008
"Met Tommy in a language exchange site"
Friendship Type: Good Friend
Met in person   Surfed5   Traveled2  
TRATRA
21, Male
Krimpen aan den IJssel, Zuid-Holland
Netherlands
Friends since May 2008
"Rotterdam meeting"
Friendship Type: CouchSurfing Friend
Met in person  
Jerome DanielJerome Daniel
23, Male
Rueil-Malmaison, Ile-de-France
France
Friends since September 2008
"through Jordan"
Friendship Type: Friend
I vouched for Tommy Quist
Met in person   Hosted3  
Francine AartsFrancine Aarts
26, Female
Utrecht, Utrecht
Netherlands
Friends since August 2008
"talking about Schwip Schwap"
Friendship Type: CouchSurfing Friend
Met in person  
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Personal Description

Computer Science student. Lover of Norway, all sorts of tea, and spicy food. I used to work at Hogeschool Rotterdam (a "University of Applied Sciences") where I used to give extra classes in the programming courses to firstyear students. I also study Computer Science here. Right now I do different jobs every now and then, mostly working at the local print shop.

How I Participate in CS

I host whenever I can. I used to organize meetings in Leiden ( I might again in future) , I attend the weekly meetings of Rotterdam, and sometimes Amsterdam, aswell as the Montly meetings of Utrecht. I meet CouchSurfers around the country. I help out at the big meetings and take part in some overall organizational stuff. I promote Couchsurfing, The Netherlands and Leiden wherever I go.

About me as an ambassador:
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What does being an ambassador mean for me?

It means I try to represent CouchSurfing to the best of my ability wherever I go. I try to be open to all ideas, and share as many of mine as possible. I try to help others do the same.

What does being an ambassador NOT mean to me?
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Politics, status, easier couches

CouchSurfing Experience

Hey guys, be sure to check out my Couchsurfing blog!! at http://surferofcouches.blogspot.com

Updated Feb 21. 2010
Amount of people hosted: 134
Amount of people surfed with: 63

Interests

Computers, Norway, Philosophy, Languages

Philosophy

Nihilism/Absurdism

Music, Movies, Books

Music: See last.fm user linforcer.
Movies: Aldo, Giovanni & Giacomo movies rule, so does the dogville trilogy and about anything in the arthouse section.

Types of People I enjoy

Smart people, People who don't bullshit

Teach, Learn, Share

Anything regarding computers. languages/linguistics. Basic Philosophy.

One Amazing Thing I've Seen or Done

Hitchhiking through Europe, among others onto a huge Stenaline Ferry.

Opinion on the CouchSurfing.org Project

I'm so happy CouchSurfing exists. It's made life so much more interesting. I'm basically connecting to the global community, AND my local community in a very real way that I'd never been able to do without the help of CouchSurfing!

Locations Traveled

TRAVELED: Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Luxembourg, Moldova, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, Ukraine
LIVED: Netherlands
WANTS TO GO: Finland, Indonesia, Russia, Taiwan, United States

References

 
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SUPERYAMI
From SUPERYAMI
 Auckland, New Zealand
 Mar 20
Met in person Hosted 1 days  
Positive

First i must apologize, kinda forget writing your reference for quite some time but as i was reading old time couchrequests received, i bumped into yours and it made me realise that something went missing ! so Yeah it was fun going against the principle to have such a cool one night experience. I ll give you lesson of Pool after i am back from my trip. Blue skies from auckland.

Coralie Fournier
From Coralie Fournier
 Leiden, Netherlands
 Mar 11
Met in person Hosted 1 days Surfed 7 days  
Positive

Tommy hosted me and my 2flatmates for a whole week. Such a mess! but such a "nice" guy, if this word could be employed to describe Tommy...maybe, just "Tommy" could become an adjective to qualify him!, you got to try by yourself and see that electric phenomenon, without common sense! He's now our friend here in Leiden!

Ivan Gonzalo
From Ivan Gonzalo
 Berlin, Germany
 Mar 11
Met in person Hosted 2 days  
Positive

Thomas spent in Berlin a crazy weekend. He lost his wallet and found a never-ending hole in his trousers, which was not helping with the cold outside. I host him in a very... let’s say... complicate night for me and I was really happy to have his company and enjoy with his conversation. Thomas is a very nice boy, easy to laugh with, crazy and sane at the same time ;) and with no doubts, whatever question you have about hitchhiking, he is your man! ;)

Martina Ravlic 
From Martina Ravlic
 Stavanger, Norway
 Mar 5
Met in person Good Friend, Hosted 3 days  
Positive

If by weird experiments you mean exposed him to my cooking, which is at it's worst, seriously doubtful and at it's best not too detrimental to your health, then yes.

I think what Mr. Quist is trying to say in a perfectly sane and not at all reminiscent of a rabid guy with unfortunate access to chainsaws-way is that I am awesome and that he is awesome by extension as we get along so well.

Boom! Shameless self-promotion 2 sentences into the reference baby!

If I were blind I would've thought I hosted five different people just because of his shifting accents and his fundamental inability of being quiet and still for any measurable period of time. Also, he's perfectly inexhaustible in sheer energy (and lyrics to songs for every occasion) output.

You lover-of-manly-books-and-steven-lynch-you.

Mik Georgiev
From Mik Georgiev
 Tampere, Finland
 Mar 2
Met in person  
Positive

He looks like Lars Ulrich from Metallica

Christine Fratzke
From Christine Fratzke
 Greifswald, Germany
 Feb 22
Met in person Surfed 6 days  
Positive

tommy is a great guy who saved me from sleeping under the bridge (thanks again by the way), told me funny stories, has a better cologne accent than me (and i´m from germany), organized me a bike, showed me a great bar and so on. hope to see you in some days, mh?

oElina 
From oElina
 Stockholm, Sweden
 Feb 21
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Hosted 5 days  
Positive

The only thing to know about Tommy is that he should always be taken very seriously. Seriously. Always. Very.
And he's a mad motherfucker loved by all other cracy fuckheads. Keep up the reputation of the Norwegians!

Stefan Mougaard 
From Stefan Mougaard
 Odense, Denmark
 Feb 20
Met in person Hosted 1 days  
Positive

Tommy is a great guy and full of energy! You surely never get bored with this Norwegian soul, who by one of those curious incidents of nature was born a Dutch.

Fahrettin Tasdelen
From Fahrettin Tasdelen
 Istanbul, Turkey
 Jan 26
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Hosted 3 days Surfed 2 days  
Positive

he is really a smart person. we have spent nice time when i host him. if you want to travel to somewhere pick him with you :)

Natalia Soboleva
From Natalia Soboleva
 Moscow, Russia
 Jan 22
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

Tommy is very nice, artistic and also a bit crazy! :) We met during Arnhem calling event and hope we'll meet again. It was great to talk and have fun with him! :))

Anja Mostertman 
From Anja Mostertman
 Moscow, Russia
 Jan 21
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

Tommy and I met during a couchsurfing weekend in Arnhem. First, I thought he was a bit loud (coming from me that says a lot, believe me;-)). Then I realized that not only is he really entertaining, but he is also intelligent and nice to talk to. He seems to know what he wants, that is always good! Hope to see him around more often between all the traveling. Great guy!

Anastasia Chizhova 
From Anastasia Chizhova
 Saint Petersburg, Russia
 Jan 19
Met in person  
Positive

I couldn't sleep the last night of the Budapest Winter Camp (silly), I went for a walk and was stopped with the view of this similar guy sitting with a blue guitar. I asked him to play. But he told me no, I know just one song, long and boring. Then he opened his personal music drama theater for whole night to play something thrilling about his living and travelling in cooperation with some other couchsurfers. Thanks to your brilliant improvisations I can feel now what is to be the Dutch in Ukraine where everything is in Cyrillic alphabet, even the numbers...%)

Sytse Van Der Veen
From Sytse Van Der Veen
 Arnhem, Netherlands
 Jan 18
Met in person Hosted 3 days  
Positive

When hosting tommy you expect "things" to happen. but what things always remains to be seen.besides hiding things in his * he is really a nice guy whom likes pancakes and takes on every opportunity to get humped. however, its hard to find people that are as great and openminded

Carel Evertse 
From Carel Evertse
 Rotterdam, Netherlands
 Jan 9
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

Tommy is one of the craziest, funniest, awe-inspiring, godlike Homo sapiens that I have ever had the pleasure and misfortune of knowing. Once you go Tommy, you can never go back to well-adjusted-land (boy, have I tried to…). The worst thing is that I have only known him for a few months and therefore I can rest assure (aka – lay awake at night dreading) that 2010 will be a year of awesome destruction and surround sound loudness.

Vihrena Ninova
From Vihrena Ninova
 Sofia, Bulgaria
 Jan 7
Met in person Hosted 1 days  
Positive

Happy New Year, Tommy! Keep the good luck with you!
I am glad I hosted you here in Sofia, even for a day. We had an enjoyable snowy night :-)
See you somewhere... sometimes... again!

Diana Guja
From Diana Guja
 Chisinau, Moldova
 Jan 6
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Hosted 1 days  
Positive

Tommy-Tomitsa, very sweet, very funny! And you should listen to his songs:-)

Halya Shyyan 
From Halya Shyyan
 Lviv, Ukraine
 Jan 2
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Hosted 4 days Traveled 1 days 
Positive

I was really lucky Tommy became my first Couchsurfing guest! He is really easygoing, funny guy! But at the same time he is interesting person to talk to, to exchange experiences and to discuss life visions! Thank you Tommy for entertaining me as well as for cooking although Coachsurfing is not a cooking site)))))))))))))))

Tatyana Levitskaya
From Tatyana Levitskaya
 Lviv, Ukraine
 Dec 28, 2009
Met in person Acquaintance, Traveled 1 days 
Positive

Crazy party boy!!! Don't hesitate to invite him to the party - he will always make it right one;))
That was nice to see you at CS-meeting in Lviv!;))

UPDATE-UPDATE-UPDATE:
I was lucky to meet Tommy again and understand how dedicated he is to CS! He told me about increadibly nice summer event in NL and made me willing to come there immediately!

Irina and Julia
From Irina and Julia
 Lviv, Ukraine
 Dec 28, 2009
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

Tommy is one of the funniest guys we met! Besides, he's a really good singer who cannot tune his guitar!))
Now his favorite country is Ukraine)))

Lidia Bogdanova
From Lidia Bogdanova
 Vragender, Netherlands
 Dec 21, 2009
Met in person Good Friend, Traveled 10 days 
Positive

Declassified russian spy, cunning vampire, devoted Utrecht Dom Tower goer, kofola lover, the sun destroyer, a devilish angel and language maniac. Aborted babies' souls torturer, small elephants' protector, 1 song singer, чокнутый traveller.
Радость моя.

Jonathan Beagley
From Jonathan Beagley
 Zeeland, United States
 Dec 2, 2009
Met in person Surfed 4 days  
Positive

Tommy was a great host. Despite going to the CS Meeting in Rotterdam for the weekend, he still allowed me to surf his couch. He's funny and speaks English very well. One of his roommates also helped me find the university I needed to go in the morning. Hopefully we'll meet up again someday in our travels... maybe if I move to Leiden!

Monica Parpalea
From Monica Parpalea
 Bucharest, Romania
 Nov 14, 2009
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Hosted 5 days Traveled 5 days 
Positive

I really liked Tommy, he's always thinking outside the box; he constantly entertains others singing and joking.
He's the master of words (he will be a famous writer / scenarist some day). He is diplomatic and has fine manners but occasionally he's tempted to climb trees.
I admire so much his dedication to the CouchSurfing project. A tip: if you give him few beers he turns into a Dance God ;). Thank you for the kayak trip and see you soon!

Aleksandra
From Aleksandra
 Wroclaw, Poland
 Nov 10, 2009
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Hosted 1 days  
Positive

I'am really grateful you didn't force me to drink on Monday evening :)
Tommy seems to be a born traveller. Has a very individual approach, still respectful and kind. You are always welcome.Greets!

Madalina  M
From Madalina M
 Bucharest, Romania
 Oct 26, 2009
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

Tommy is a very enjoyable person, he's smart and funny and you can never get bored with him. We met during his visits in Bucharest and hung out several times.

Rosy Chacon
From Rosy Chacon
 Cologne, Germany
 Oct 18, 2009
Met in person Hosted 2 days  
Positive

tommy. always in a good mood. helpful surfer. up for anything. will teach me to hitchhike and bike long distances.
it was awesome meeting u and I am looking fwd for rotterdam! must party together.
=)

Anna Zagorna
From Anna Zagorna
 Warsaw, Poland
 Oct 4, 2009
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Surfed 8 days Traveled 6 days 
Positive

Tommy is a host, who is extremely devoted to couch surfing. You can count on him anytime and be sure that he will be there for you to show you around the city. What is more, if there is any problem, he will help you solve it. Tommy, thank you for what you are doing for all of us!

YLFI
From YLFI
 Leiden, Netherlands
 Oct 4, 2009
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

Finally I found someone who can speak norwegian ! hiphip hura norge e bra :D

Suzanne Petersen 
From Suzanne Petersen
 Arendal, Norway
 Sep 30, 2009
Met in person Friend, Hosted 4 days  
Positive

After meeting Tommy at a CS meeting in Rotterdam in Oct 2009, he decided to stop by here feb 2010.
I hosted Tommy 4 days and was able to teach him some basic survival training for living in Norway in a cold and snowy winter:)) Walking in snow has now given him a new meaning:P
Describing Tommy in a few words... Hmmm.. Give a kid the ability to speak many languages and have a huge vocabulary(favorite sayings are "Fair enough" and "awesome")then ad a extreme, close to madly insane sense of humor... and yeah then you have Tommy!!! Oooohh..let's not forget the Norwegian part.. He is a Norway fan numero uno, being among the very few...if not the only person living on this planet speaking fluently Norwegian without an accent...and NEVER has lived here. Also kinda funny to see someone using "quotes" from movies in the same way as my son... no wonder why you bonded so well:P The session of playing "Brutal legend" kinda reminded me about Wayne and Garth:)) "Dude"!!!!

Yiannis Diamantis
From Yiannis Diamantis
 Aachen, Germany
 Aug 31, 2009
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

Well Tommy is an interesting Norway-loving guy from Netherlands. He is the only one that i saw holding a foreign flag with his toes :p. I'm sorry that we couldn't make it to the human-bowling-event to see you live but it was realy nice meeting you :-) Take care Tommy.

Rasmus Fredslund Hansen 
From Rasmus Fredslund Hansen
 Odense, Denmark
 Aug 31, 2009
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Hosted 2 days  
Positive

After hosting Tommy I know he is a kid with many talents. To mention a few:

1. He is one great norwegian (okay, not really, ut he could go for a norwegian if he wanted to).

2. He is talentet in watersliding on home made waterslides.

3. He is great fun to party with

4. He has a really crazy sense of humour (but really funny)

5. He is a great couchsurfer, good story teller and great company.

Thank you for staying at my place, it was a lot of fun hosting you Tommy. But don't expect a party of the same size next time you come to Denmark :D

Niels Sørensen 
From Niels Sørensen
 Odense, Denmark
 Aug 29, 2009
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Hosted 1 days  
Positive

There is a really good reason that Tommy has 14 vouches and more than 100 references all positive -
He is a great person and a fine guest.

Unfortunately I only got the chance to host him for one night, but he seems like one of those people who you wouldn't mind stayed for a longer period of time.

Daniel Trostli
From Daniel Trostli
 Boston, United States
 Aug 12, 2009
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Surfed 2 days  
Positive

Tommy is the royal ambassador of couches in Leiden! He has reached international internet celebrity status, and you will finally be able to test your prowess of international impersonations against Tommy's crazy accents.

Uliana Morova
From Uliana Morova
 Saint Petersburg, Russia
 Aug 5, 2009
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Surfed 2 days  
Positive

Well, Tommy is really crazy, that’s true

And I think if you come to Holland you should stay at his place or just get to know him. May be they have to include Tommy into guide books!
He is so nice, kind, he always try to make you smile. He always finds what to tell you even if you are stupid Russian girl.

Pravda :)

Julian Dario Gutierrez
From Julian Dario Gutierrez
 Tonsberg, Norway
 Aug 4, 2009
Met in person Surfed 2 days  
Positive

Tommy is a wannabe-norwegian that host vegetarian vs. anti-vegetarian fights between couchsurfers. And ant-vegetariqns usually win because we have more energy. In fact we even clean up random dutch flats. And Tommy? Yea he's cool 'n stuff. But his computer-keyboard is disastrous, so you might want to bring your own. Hadet paa badet din ol' chocolate!

Hilde Lien
From Hilde Lien
 Tonsberg, Norway
 Aug 4, 2009
Met in person Surfed 2 days  
Positive

woah he really makes you feel at home! tommy is a great guy. he also is madly in love with norway and it was fun to speak some norwegian with a dutch fella. thanks for being a super host:)

Simay Petek
From Simay Petek
 Ankara, Turkey
 Aug 2, 2009
Met in person Traveled 1 days 
Positive

Tommy is my first mate from couch-surfing world! He is very cool!
I did not couch-surfed at his place yet (hope to be the his 100. and the 1st Turkish couch-surfer :))
However, he gave me the most beautiful welcoming day in my very first time in Leiden. It was absolutely fantastic!!(thank youu once more:))

Oleg Nikitin
From Oleg Nikitin
 Saint Petersburg, Russia
 Aug 1, 2009
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Surfed 3 days  
Positive

Thank you very much for this host, Tommy!
It was really nice to meet you. You are a creazy person, but in a good sense, because u make crazy all people around you.
You helped us a lot in Holland and even was travelling with us for 2 days by hitch-hicking.
Thanks from Uliana also:)
Вот сучёнок!:)))

Diego Ferioli
From Diego Ferioli
 Voss, Norway
 Aug 1, 2009
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Surfed 3 days  
Positive

Tommy is crazy! He showed me and my girlfriend an absolutely outstanding hospitality, sharing is tiny place with far more people than anyone else would have been able to fit in... when he's around, you always feel like cherishing being a CouchSurfer. I had a great time with him and the other travellers, hopefully I will be able to return his hospitality soon, in Iceland or elsewhere.

ELSPETHNINA
From ELSPETHNINA
 Saint Andrews, United Kingdom
 Aug 1, 2009
Met in person Surfed 1 days  
Positive

This guy has couch surfing down to a fine art!

My friend Jules and I had a great time with Tommy and the three other CS-ers he was hosting at the time. He has seemingly boundless energy and even accompanied/guided/pitied us on the next leg of our bicycle tour (sorry we were so slow!).

Laura Fenley
From Laura Fenley
 Carrollton, United States
 Jul 29, 2009
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Surfed 6 days  
Positive

Well fiddle dee dee,

Tommy is an awesome person. This guy is even ok with greek 3-ways with olive oil. I definitely recommend Tommy as a host or a surfer.

Crazy Dutch man.

(He may kidnap you on a boat or something)

Johnna Jackson
From Johnna Jackson
 Carrollton, United States
 Jul 28, 2009
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Surfed 6 days  
Positive

Tommy is a crazy person. A complete mad man. BUT...it's all part of his charm. I had a lot of fun surfing at his place. He took me and my friends out around Leiden and gave us great advice about the traveling we were doing in Amsterdam. Strong and fun-loving personality. Still crazy, though!

Richard for real 
From Richard for real
 Lund, Sweden
 Jul 27, 2009
Met in person Friend,  
Positive

Tommy! When he is sober he's like the crazyfunny drunk version of my friend Mikael, and when he's drunk.. oh my, I don't want to know. In other words, Tommy is the prefect American fake Norwegian Dutch fool. I wish I had a stash of those pills he must be on for days that feel particularly grey, that's how much I advise you to meet this well-mannered madman.

Natália Nunes
From Natália Nunes
 Nilopolis, Brazil
 Jul 12, 2009
Met in person Good Friend, Surfed 5 days Traveled 2 days 
Positive

About Tommy? Well... I guess a lot in a small period of time: we met on a language exchange community and later in Paris, we hitchhiked together and he hosted me for a couple of nights during Midsummernight. And not forgetting the weird truck ride, the parties and the looong trips on the night trains...
Definitely not bad for my first hitchhiking and CS experience!

Tommy is a great, funny, crazy guy. Even sweet, sometimes. :P If you are partying with him, for sure it will be fun.

We've spent a great weekend together. But, caraca, I must warn something about him: he is a teaser, especially if you are a brazilian.

MARTINFROMBERLIN 
From MARTINFROMBERLIN
 Berlin, Germany
 Jul 10, 2009
Met in person Friend, Hosted 6 days  
Positive

Well, well, well...what should I say about this great and epic guy. Tommy, the Szwaffel-König (i just made it to the rank of an adjuntant), the hand-free cyclist, the booze-with-a-straw-stealing-fetishist.In actual fact he is french with a fake moustache and an experienced guitar player.It is just really just plain old fucking fun to had him in my place - no joke is moronic or absurd enough to be not told, did hardly not laugh that much recently...think Asia, me and Tommy have been a great team...foam wigs for everybody!

Maïlys Amrous
From Maïlys Amrous
 Montrouge, France
 Jul 1, 2009
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Hosted 1 days Surfed 1 days Traveled 1 days 
Positive

first met him in berlin beach camp and fell in love with his tie, then hosted him a night in paris to hitchike the day after that to netherlands where he hosted me.. Couldn't steal his tie and forgot my harry potter in latin at his, but still it was worth it, just for the buffoon role in utrecht I guess.. or for the beer in crazy cow.. or for all the fun we had trying to hitchike from paris... or just because he's this great guy, which you can tell just by looking at his tie of course..

Asia Ostrowska
From Asia Ostrowska
 Warsaw, Poland
 Jun 28, 2009
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Hosted 3 days Traveled 5 days 
Positive

If you haven't met Tommy yet, you should change it immediately. He's fun, bold, but also sensitive. You can count on him both if you want entertainment and if you need serious talk about meaning of life and support in times of tribulation [I had to use dictionary a lot to write about you ;)].
P.S. Tommy, you have one imperfection - you should definitively buy nowe buty! ;)

Lies De Bock
From Lies De Bock
 Oudenaarde, Belgium
 Jun 26, 2009
Met in person Surfed 1 days  
Positive

Tommy was a great host for my first CS experience! He's very friendly (and reserved - haha), he showed us around Leiden and he just loves CS (for him it's just a way of life). Late at night he watches very strange Japanese cartoons in his extremely fashionable pyjama's :)

Gabriela Solomon
From Gabriela Solomon
 Bucharest, Romania
 Jun 21, 2009
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Traveled 2 days 
Positive

Crazy, cute, "understands binaries kind of guy" with a lot of energy (if you see him more than 5 minutes in one place, something's wrong). We played games together, cleaned a kitchen together :) and enjoyed a super CS event in Utrecht. To many more...

INGRE
From INGRE
 Stockholm, Sweden
 Jun 21, 2009
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Hosted 1 days  
Positive

Found him sitting on the grass, playing guitar @ BBC. Since that day, we explored Berlin, cooked & partied together the whole week! It felt like I had met an old friend of mine. He´s definitely a person, who will entertain you wherever you are, but also the one you can talk to.

Maciej Kruczek
From Maciej Kruczek
 Wroclaw, Poland
 Jun 20, 2009
Met in person Hosted 1 days  
Positive

Tommy, you came out of "nowere", chose kitchen instead of regular bed and rescued me from being overtalked in Heaven, something about 5 a.m. Thanks for sharing your minds and convinced me even more to cs idea! See ya in another life, dude!

Marcin Disterhoft
From Marcin Disterhoft
 Wroclaw, Poland
 Jun 19, 2009
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Hosted 2 days  
Positive

Tommy spent two nights at my place! I think, that we made good team together durnig the party:) He is really sociable, so from the very beginning we got on well! I won't forget the way he bought the flowers at Wroclaw market square and the florist won't forget it, too;) If u wanna learn how to taste cherry vodka shoots and use british accent you got to the right address;) I have strange feeling that we'll meet in the future! All the best men!

Christian Dahl
From Christian Dahl
 Bergen, Norway
 Jun 18, 2009
Met in person Hosted 5 days  
Positive

Tommy , the hiking Dutchman! I hosted Tommy for a few days and he really surprised me to go up and hike up almost all the mountains the nearby mountains during his short stay in Bergen. Tommy is a great guy who had his work cut out for him when he left :)

B!ONCE
From B!ONCE
 Hamburg, Germany
 Jun 7, 2009
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Traveled 3 days 
Positive

Great Berlin Beach Camp Buddy! Dutchpass but Norwegian at Heart what a man!!!

VATO_LOCO 
From VATO_LOCO
 Arnhem, Netherlands
 Jun 7, 2009
Met in person Good Friend,  
Positive

I've met Tommy serveral times, and none was too many! After ignauration of the swafel koning what will be next? No mountain too high or bridge too far ! Buks!

*Update* We hitched BTS-Praha together, lots of adventure, misleading busstops, not so nice border patrols, dropped at some Lidl in praha only to discover Kofola. Spooky CS stories with guitar, Mr lynch songs, following drunk italians in budapest, missed the party but chillin' and keeping it real. The chance to register Slutvakia.com!on Tampa's sovereign land. All the good stuff. Miss you bro!

A SOJA TEA
From A SOJA TEA
 Bonn, Germany
 Jun 2, 2009
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Traveled 4 days 
Positive

Greetins to my "Swaffele" King !!! Tommy is such a great Entertainer, damn crazy and a great guy to have a party with. if you will met that guy one time forget words like boring or sad, its not existing around him.I had a lot of fun with ma king get drunken and sang "kölsche" songs together :o) and im happy that this duth guy dont try to "swaffele" the Brandenburger Tor in berlin. jah bless ya

"Ich bin der Swaffel König und ich genies die zeit. Ich bin der Swaffel König, seid ihr für mich bereit"

Ryan Johns 
From Ryan Johns
 New York, United States
 May 26, 2009
Met in person Hosted 1 days  
Positive

Tommy was a good host, with a lot of couchsurfing experience. He has the techniques down, is flexible, nice, and gave me some very helpful advice about his town, and couchsurfing in general(I'm an elementary couchsurfer). Thanks Tommy!

Hans-Morten Søvik 
From Hans-Morten Søvik
 Sandefjord, Norway
 May 5, 2009
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Hosted 2 days  
Positive

Tommy is really good with languages. My mother in law could actually speek with him in norwegian!!
Tommy is polite and very energetic. Host Tommy!

Jaron Tripp 
From Jaron Tripp
 Kleve, Germany
 Apr 29, 2009
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Hosted 2 days  
Positive

Tommy is amazing. High energetic and up
for joke after joke. It was a funny time having him around and he totally inspired me to get back on my bike, also for longer distances, what made me hesitate in the past. Well, thanks for Visiting.
(and we'll do that pixel thing !!!)

Anna Masojidkova
From Anna Masojidkova
 Decin, Czech Republic
 Apr 27, 2009
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Hosted 6 days Surfed 3 days  
Positive

Me and my other 3 friends surfed his couch for 3 days and it was the craziest trip ever!"I gonna milk you all" "Children factory in Prague" "Ik zal jullie allemaal betalen" So thank you for everything, it was great! sendind greetings from soldiers Jefferson, Morgan, sanders and McGraw...and we are still waiting for your summer "orange" job!!!
Then he surfed my couch in Prague and Decin and it was the craziest week ever! I m really glad that i could meet you. xxx

Brendan Carroll and Carolyn Hunt 
From Brendan Carroll and Carolyn Hunt
 Leiden, Netherlands
 Apr 22, 2009
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

Tommy is very outgoing and enthusiastic. He's a dedicated CS-er, and loves to meet new people - he welcomed us to his home country and to the Leiden community. It was fun to bump into him at CS events around Europe too!

Debz B
From Debz B
 Edinburgh, United Kingdom
 Apr 21, 2009
Met in person Friend,  
Positive

Oh Tommy, what a character! This boy has a talent for picking up accents and languages that is enviable. He is fantastic fun and brings life, fun and smiles to all meetings. Don't take him too seriously and play along with his games and you'll be guaranteed to have fun. Tommy is lively and has a lot of energy and I can only assume he'd be a hilarious host who could entertain you with all of his stories (even if they aren't true).

get out of europe dude!!!
See the world.
Find yourself a ginger.
Find a good place for the bomb.
Don't leave chocolate in the sun.
Be careful on your bike.

I still have sand in my crack from spending time with him.

Nora Emrani
From Nora Emrani
 Charenton-le-Pont, France
 Apr 14, 2009
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Surfed 1 days  
Positive

Well Tommy is kind of cool except may be about the picture girl stuff...euh i do not agree... :p Do you think so? really? Well what to say, he was a good host...really welcoming...so yep good! I recommend him but do not take to much pics of Leiden :p

Elisha Jacobsen
From Elisha Jacobsen
 Brussels, Belgium
 Apr 8, 2009
Met in person  
Positive

Tommy is an awesome interesting guy who knows how to make you feel at home!! soon he will be the worlds most famous guitar player but until then, it's just funto to hang out with him in leiden. i had a great time!!

Yaz Aouissi
From Yaz Aouissi
 Armagh, United Kingdom
 Apr 6, 2009
Met in person Surfed 2 days  
Positive

tommy is great, you can trust him with your toasties,and all else besides, he has alot of interesting stuff to say and plenty more im sure, i really enjoyed hanging out and drinking weak weak tea,discussing things that dont really matter, ....my highest recomendations to anyone interested in leiden.... ill bring some tetley next time...take care amigo

Martin Falkiewicz
From Martin Falkiewicz
 Mainz, Germany
 Apr 6, 2009
Met in person Surfed 2 days Traveled 3 days 
Positive

We stayed at his place for 2 nights of which we got struck by his coriosity(Neugierde), hospitality and cheerfulness.
And we missed a great pillow-fightin' in amsterdam;)

Liang Ji
From Liang Ji
 Rotterdam, Netherlands
 Apr 5, 2009
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Hosted 1 days  
Positive

Tommy is sooooooo crazy but also very very sweet! He showed us Leiden, took us to a very nice WOK place, a really cool bar and hosted us at his place. We just have to laugh around him. He is always happy and energetic, the good attitude spreads all over the group. I also loved how he could do all the accents, really an awesome guy.

MILSCHNITTE
From MILSCHNITTE
 Cologne, Germany
 Apr 3, 2009
Met in person Hosted 2 days  
Positive

tommy, dat wa ne superjeile zik mit dir.
Mer läv nur eimol.
the only thing i can say left about your mind is:
Ich möch ze Fooss noh Kölle jon. ( ich will zu fuß nach kölle gehn )

mach et joot

Laura McGrath
From Laura McGrath
 Armagh, United Kingdom
 Mar 30, 2009
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Surfed 2 days  
Positive

Stayed with Tommy for a couple of nights. Great host and very easy going!
Cheers!

Laura Rus
From Laura Rus
 Leiden, Netherlands
 Mar 30, 2009
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

You can't miss this guy when he's around! Beer is his fuel, never stops talking and joking;) I like the fact that he's very active in Leiden, keep up the good work Tommy!

Emilia Varmavuori
From Emilia Varmavuori
 Jyvaskyla, Finland
 Mar 25, 2009
Met in person Friend, Surfed 2 days  
Positive

Yes, he's funny in a shameless way, and I really like it, but there's more in him. He's very smart, speaks perfect English and understands quite a lot about life. :)

Artur Drobniak
From Artur Drobniak
 Warsaw, Poland
 Mar 17, 2009
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Surfed 1 days  
Positive

Tommy is graet guy. He laughts all the time, he has that rare skill that he can make fun from everything and everywhere. That is my man:) his mattresses are really comfortable, although he live in a small room everybody felt comfortrable. He knows Leiden pretty much, so if U want know sth about leiden's night life and student life he is a person U can ask. Cheers!!

Sheung Hei Brian Choi
From Sheung Hei Brian Choi
 New Territories East, China
 Mar 6, 2009
Met in person Good Friend,  
Positive

hehehehehehehehheh ahhahahahahahahahahhahaahah

Tommy is a maniac! He will make you laugh until the end of the day! I was one of the victim........AHahhaaahahaahah

I'm still laughing now!....already after 72 hours..hahaha

Joost van Baal 
From Joost van Baal
 Eindhoven, Netherlands
 Feb 24, 2009
Met in person Hosted 1 days  
Positive

When Tommy stayed in Eindhoven to take a rest from his big bike-trip, I could convince him to join me in celebrating Southern Dutch Style carnival: this was very enjoyable. I very much liked Tommy's company: he's a smart and interesting guy!

Jacqueline Sjak
From Jacqueline Sjak
 Rotterdam, Netherlands
 Feb 19, 2009
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

Down to earth, friendly person.

Clara Ungaretti
From Clara Ungaretti
 Porto Alegre, Brazil
 Feb 19, 2009
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Traveled 1 days 
Positive

Tommy! Fantastic guy. Never laughed so much as i did when i was with him. He always tring to put a big smile in my face :D. I had a lot of good moments with him, ill never forget we playing pool hahaha. Good moment. And thanks for show me places, hanging out with me and introduce me great beers in general o/. I really appreciated.
Well, if you want to have fun and spend great moments in NL, you need to meet up him!

I wish all the best for you Tommy and see you!

Daniel Reiter
From Daniel Reiter
 Luxembourg, Luxembourg
 Feb 6, 2009
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Hosted 1 days  
Positive

Tommy was on his way to Luxembourg when he asked me for a couch. It all worked fine and I was happy to host him.

Francine Aarts
From Francine Aarts
 Utrecht, Netherlands
 Jan 31, 2009
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

First time I met Tommy he was not Tommy but Lord James T. Burke. Second time I met him he was hanggroepjongere, and the third time he was Schwip-Schwap. So I never met the real Tommy yet, but I can still say that he has a lot of energy, and is really funny. Even more funny in German.

Enjoy your trip to Schwipschwappenburg!

TIMZ 
From TIMZ
 Utrecht, Netherlands
 Jan 31, 2009
Met in person Hosted 1 days  
Positive

Tommy is like a whirlwind, with a huge amount of energy and ideas. He follows his heart, and doesn't care to turn the world by himself if that should be necessary. An intriguing person to meet!

Petra Hartlová
From Petra Hartlová
 Amsterdam, Netherlands
 Jan 20, 2009
Met in person Acquaintance,  
Positive

Tommy is a fun person with a good sense of humour!

LINEL
From LINEL
 Antwerp, Belgium
 Jan 18, 2009
Met in person Friend, Hosted 3 days  
Positive

Oh man,my english is too poor to find right words voor Tommy.Who else can make 250km by bike on the ice!! And he was making me laughing all the time,3 days non stop.He speaks all north languages and he is a great artist! Meet him!

Edwin Calkhoven
From Edwin Calkhoven
 Roosendaal, Netherlands
 Jan 10, 2009
Met in person Hosted 1 days  
Positive

On his absolutely crazy bicycle trip from Leiden to Antwerp at temperatures of 10 degrees below zero, Tommy asked me for a couch. He arrived with almost frozen feet. How can I describe Tommy? Tommy is a very talkative, humorous and friendly person with a lot of couchsurf experience. He told me a lot about his couchsurf adventures.
I showed him Roosendaal by night and we visited my favorite pub “de Heksenketel” and enjoyed the live music.
Tommy continued his bicycle trip the next morning when the temperature in Roosendaal was 14 degrees below zero.
Thank you Tommy for the good time.

Stephen  Bux
From Stephen Bux
 Limburgerhof, Germany
 Jan 3, 2009
Met in person Surfed 1 days  
Positive

Tommy gave me a last minute place to stay while I was going to be in the Netherlands. Really a nice guy with skills in making tosties(?) and tea, but only if you like earl grey, haha. It was really cold outside, so we just talked for a while, and then played fold-it. If you are a molecular biologist, this game is still really tough. I would recommend this person to anyone, and dont be afraid to bring something from your home country.

FOUNGLI
From FOUNGLI
 London, United Kingdom
 Jan 1, 2009
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Hosted 2 days  
Positive

Tommy is an unique person, with a whole pile of masks (or characters) that he likes to hides behind. He is quite an acquired taste - being loud, vocal, funny, obnoxious (he knows this! so I'm not offending him!) entertaining, extremely expressive and once you get past the layers, he will grow on you! Just give it plenty of time and patience!!!

BIBIRELLA 
From BIBIRELLA
 Rotterdam, Netherlands
 Dec 15, 2008
Met in person Friend, Hosted 1 days  
Positive

Tommy is just awesome - besides being absolutely funny and crazy he has a great knowledge on programming languages for Orang-Utans and special High-Five technologies. Even The Who named their Rock Opera after him... there's nothig to add I guess...

DRAAKJE2000 
From DRAAKJE2000
 Dordrecht, Netherlands
 Dec 10, 2008
Met in person Friend,  
Positive

amazingly funny and annoying guy ;)
we had a nice talk about norway..he's enthousiastic and loud (in a good way!)

LIN.
From LIN.
 The Hague, Netherlands
 Nov 30, 2008
Met in person Friend,  
Positive

Tommy oh Tommy! We've met at the weekly meetings in Rotterdam a few weeks ago!

Tommy is one of those guys who is only quiet when he sleeps or when you are sleeping! Tommy is super to hang out with always in for some great fun, a talk and a laugh!

Laura de Ruiter
From Laura de Ruiter
 Amersfoort, Netherlands
 Nov 2, 2008
Met in person  
Positive

Tommy is a great enthousiastic couchsurfer. It's always fun to meet him, although his humor can be a bit strange. And it's probably not save to leave him alone with a coca-cola machine(or any other computer). I recommend meeting him, visiting Leiden and attending a Leiden meeting.

Eveline van Velthuijsen
From Eveline van Velthuijsen
 Utrecht, Netherlands
 Oct 26, 2008
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

I dont think it is humanly possible to be bored when Tommy is around. He is always a positive addition to any meeting. He is good fun! And i think he actually talks more than me, which is quite impressive!

KIWIA 
From KIWIA
 Utrecht, Netherlands
 Oct 26, 2008
Met in person Friend,  
Positive

Tommy is great! I don't know how he does it, but he somehow manages to set up the Leiden CS community and at the same time assure that all the events in Utrecht turn into hugely entertaining parties :)

Jerome Daniel
From Jerome Daniel
 Rueil-Malmaison, France
 Oct 25, 2008
Met in person Friend, Hosted 3 days  
Positive

Awesome, amazing, friendly, funny, easy going, funky... I could go on for an hour and it still would not be enough to describe how great Tommy is.
So the best way to find out is to actually meet him!

Ivan Carpio
From Ivan Carpio
 San Ramon, United States
 Oct 19, 2008
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

Tommy and I like to dance on tables at Odessa on Monday nights with other couchsurfers

Julien Didier
From Julien Didier
 Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
 Oct 15, 2008
Met in person Surfed 2 days  
Positive

tom! sorry for answering so late but better late than never.
so i still play the païanoo..^^
that was very funny for me and christiane to meet you in Leiden, very nice city by the way. ehm many other things to see but I'll remind you that you eat so many disgusting things! dutch people tsss..^^
so hope we'll keep in touch and good luck with that norwegian girl!
kiss from christiane

Stephanie Weber 
From Stephanie Weber
 Tamarac, United States
 Oct 14, 2008
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Traveled 1 days 
Positive

Had a great time with Tommy in Paris. Our day at the Palace was very cool, not to mention the great dinner we had at Antoine's. Definitely meet Tommy, he's a great guy.

Patricia MARS
From Patricia MARS
 Bordeaux-en-Gatinais, France
 Oct 10, 2008
Met in person Surfed 1 days  
Positive

From the point of view of the barbarian girl I am. Surfing at tommy's was a really nice experience. I learnt a lot of "nice" jokes about babies !! and had a great time!

I am "sinking" I may come back what's more because Leiden is also worth veisiting!!

Pablo Esteban
From Pablo Esteban
 Leiden, Netherlands
 Oct 6, 2008
Met in person Acquaintance,  
Positive

Very communicative and extrovert lad.
Great contribution in group dynamics.

Victor Sauntry 
From Victor Sauntry
 Ottawa, Canada
 Oct 3, 2008
Met in person Friend,  
Positive

What to say about Tommy... An interesting guy, and one you won't soon forget meeting. I definitely recommend meeting him. He lives the CS spirit.

Sanne Bongers 
From Sanne Bongers
 Utrecht, Netherlands
 Sep 30, 2008
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

Tommy says I always seem to be happy, but I think he always seems to be happy to :)
He suddenly appeared in the couchsurfing scene this summer, attending a LOT of meetings. He's definitely a very active couchsurfer. Fun to be around, good to have a laugh with. Oh, and of course, great to get married to ;)

Wessel Wensink
From Wessel Wensink
 Utrecht, Netherlands
 Sep 29, 2008
Met in person  
Positive

My impression of him is that he's an active and happy guy who is a bit crazy,very spontaneous and has a golden heart. Hope the future brings more fun times with him.

Agnes Gawlik
From Agnes Gawlik
 The Hague, Netherlands
 Sep 24, 2008
Met in person Friend, Surfed 1 days  
Positive

Thomy is a really nice and funny guy,he offered the hospitality to me while he had alrady four surfers invited!That day I came on a scooter from Den Haag for CS meeting in Leiden,and,so I could drink beers without counting them.Thank you Thommy,C ya in the next CS meeting!

MRFORRESTGUMP
From MRFORRESTGUMP
 Haifa, Israel
 Sep 24, 2008
Met in person Friend, Surfed 4 days  
Positive

Tommy is a funny guy with a big heart
He'll make you feel home again
so don't let his photo scare you...

Amit Hasson
From Amit Hasson
 Be'er Sheva, Israel
 Sep 24, 2008
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Surfed 5 days  
Positive

tommy is a really cool guy..we stayed 4 nights in his place...
he showed us how 5 couchsurfers can live together in the same apartment

Liza van Kuijk 
From Liza van Kuijk
 Utrecht, Netherlands
 Sep 22, 2008
Met in person Hosted 1 days  
Positive

With Tommy there is no dull moment or dull conversation. He can do any accent you like (exept perhaps posh british). Seriously addicted to couch surfing ;-).

BARON_HNZ
From BARON_HNZ
 Utrecht, Netherlands
 Sep 20, 2008
Met in person Friend, Surfed 6 days  
Positive

I surfed Tommys couch for six days and it was a shitload of fun! Although he keeps on yelling random german things to me, he is a pleasant host. And his idea of the couchsurferwall is cool!

One of his biggest goals is: "Ich möchte eine Welt in der ich aus der Toilette trinken kann ohne Ausschlag zu kriegen". So he also cares for the environment. :D

See you at some CS-meeting!

Gijs Overvliet 
From Gijs Overvliet
 Helmond, Netherlands
 Sep 17, 2008
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

At first I though he was just plain annoying. Shouting and making fun of everything. But he doesn't take himself too seriously, and once you're used to his style, you can have a lot of fun with him. This guy made me laugh so hard I got tears in my eyes!
Tommy, you're cool. And we'll meet again, I'm sure of it!

Hannah Martin
From Hannah Martin
 Melbourne, Australia
 Sep 8, 2008
Met in person Surfed 3 days  
Positive

Three great days - pity it wasn't longer really - Tommy was a great host, even finding things to occupy me instead of sending me out into the cold rain. Hopefully we'll meet again in another life. Or this one...

Rose May 
From Rose May
 Amsterdam, Netherlands
 Sep 7, 2008
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

Tommy is a unique collectors item especially at meetings. He talks and goofs with everybody this makes the meetings way more fun! Its a shame there's is only only three in a bikini I have met so far ;) Enjoy your time with Tommy I know you want it!

Matthew Francisco 
From Matthew Francisco
 Bloomington, United States
 Sep 3, 2008
Met in person  
Positive

Tommy is a great guy to know in Utrecht. I tagged along with him and friends at a music festival while I was there and got introduced to lots of great music. I still wonder, though, where he got his Iowa accent.

Tony Chuang
From Tony Chuang
 Taichung, Taiwan
 Sep 1, 2008
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Surfed 2 days  
Positive

Tommy is a very great,talktive and crazy person.
We had many talks and discussed many things between Euro and Asia cultures.
I realy had a wonderful visit in Leiden.If you want to visit Netherland,
to visit Leiden and Tommy is also a very good choice.

Emmanuela Stergelli
From Emmanuela Stergelli
 Thessaloniki, Greece
 Aug 29, 2008
Met in person Surfed 1 days  
Positive

a real Oscar Wilde descendent.
a real couch surfer..
a real future crazy scientist...
I wish you all the best. Thank you for everything*

Benjamin Lamowski
From Benjamin Lamowski
 Berlin, Germany
 Aug 29, 2008
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Surfed 1 days  
Positive

I liked his try, sarcastic (typical IT business) humor! Plus he has style in music and free software! :)

Lysanne van Zessen
From Lysanne van Zessen
 Rotterdam, Netherlands
 Aug 13, 2008
Met in person Acquaintance,  
Positive

Tommy is a hilarish guy!
I don't think I have ever met anyone who made me laugh soooo hard. He does funny immitations and voices.
He is really a good guy!He even painted a bike for me once!how sweet is that!

Lawrence Brown 
From Lawrence Brown
 Sydney, Australia
 Aug 11, 2008
Met in person Good Friend, Surfed 3 days  
Positive

Tommy - the man is legend. His tolerance for hijinks - enormous. It's probably kind to say that as guests we were 'interesting' but Tommy was a stirling host, touristing with us, hooking us up with sometimes dubious advice, I guess making up for our inadequecies in general in the surfing department. And he eats Dutch poison and has Dutch stairs! He's pretty much
Dutch! What more could you ask for?

JELLY-FISH
From JELLY-FISH
 Hannover, Germany
 Aug 10, 2008
Met in person Surfed 1 days  
Positive

he is a passionate host - takeing refugees in till his little room bursts! if he tells you he aint got space for you - its true, because then the whole floore will be covered with couchsurfers already ;)
thx for having me!

Ahmed Elalfy 
From Ahmed Elalfy
 Knoxville, United States
 Jul 31, 2008
Met in person Surfed 1 days  
Positive

Tommy is such a friendly and intelligent guy; i really felt like he was true and wanted to help people. Definately glad i made his acquaintance.. and he even came to meet me in a suit!

Manou Zeller
From Manou Zeller
 Lenzburg, Switzerland
 Jul 27, 2008
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

Tommy's cool. He answerd our short notice request, even though he was hosting a couple of people already and didn't have enough space for the three of us, and asked his friend tho host us instead.
Also, he looked after us for the few hours we had to wait for his friend, which was real friendly.

sorry we couldn't say goodbye! and thanks a lot

Leonie de Vries
From Leonie de Vries
 Amersfoort, Netherlands
 Jul 27, 2008
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

Tommy is one crazy person! I had a great laugh when talking about beunotarians and practising 'Dutch streetlanguage' with him. He has lots of energy and loves the sweet 'lady' drinks... I'd say surf his couch!

Richard Bekking
From Richard Bekking
 Delft, Netherlands
 Jul 26, 2008
Met in person Friend,  
Positive

I met Tommy on a tuesday meeting in Rotterdam. He has a distinct sense of humor: don't turn into disgusting street 'cause he takes you further than you want to go... Tommy is very social and lots of fun, never a dull moment with this guy. See ya next Tuesday!

Mali Brown
From Mali Brown
 Albany, Australia
 Jul 24, 2008
Met in person Friend, Surfed 4 days  
Positive

Tommmmmmmmmy! What to say... The man is a legend, he picked us up from the train station at 2am on a rainy morning after we woke him up with our misjudged trip from Munich, he showed us around welcomed us with his easy going and friendly manner and laughed at us when we were far too stoned! I really enjoyed staying with him but watch out for the Dutch stairs! lovely person, wish you all the best mate and if you ever want your welcome where ever I am, Me and my baby crabs! :)

Jon Tam 
From Jon Tam
 Leiden, Netherlands
 Jul 12, 2008
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

It was great to meet Tommy. Great to have a chat, and laugh with over beers. His delivery of the Wearwolf game is so enthusiastic, it is hard not to have a good time. Do not make the mistake and say he is from Scheidam. Defnitely worth meeting up with. We should grab a beer soon.

Klara Blom 
From Klara Blom
 Leiden, Netherlands
 Jul 12, 2008
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

Tommy seems to me like a person who's very active in organizing/attending things on CS. A guy who's very obviously present, and who is there for you when you need him. Hi5!

Frank van Steenwijk
From Frank van Steenwijk
 Dublin, Ireland (Republic of)
 Jul 11, 2008
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

Wow, this guy made quite an impression straight away. I had been away (travelling) for about a month and when I came back Tommy was one of the people that recently started to visit the weekly meetings. He came in later than I did, but entered the bar with a lot of enthousiasm and I was like.... WHO IS THAT? Well it became clear pretty quickly and now he's got this reference. See you around man ;)

João Geraldes
From João Geraldes
 Leiden, Netherlands
 Jul 8, 2008
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

Funny like, high five crazy guy..... We'll surelly meet around for drinks...

Rob Knippenborg
From Rob Knippenborg
 Lichtenvoorde, Netherlands
 Jul 8, 2008
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

heey
this guy its owsum haha going out with dis man is cool he knows the places around leiden! you can find him on the leiden meetings and stuff byebye see you there

Blanca Bullo
From Blanca Bullo
 Barcelona, Spain
 Jul 5, 2008
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Surfed 1 days  
Positive

I'd sleeped with my friend for one night. In the morning we'd aten a delicious cheese!

Jordan Vannitsen 
From Jordan Vannitsen
 Argenteuil, France
 Jul 5, 2008
Met in person Good Friend,  
Positive

Tommy is a very cheerful guy, and above all it's a great wingman !

So what do you think about the French accent ?

High Five ! ;-)

Bruno Landgoed 
From Bruno Landgoed
 Antwerp, Belgium
 Jul 4, 2008
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

We encountered each other at the midsummernight event at Utrecht. We had some short but interesting chats. I was amazed by the way he can imitate all the English dialects. I first thought he was Canadian, then Irish, Australian, Scottish... but it turned out he was a plain Dutchman :-). Hope to meet him again soon (why not in Antwerp ?).

Gerard Bosman 
From Gerard Bosman
 Bergschenhoek, Netherlands
 Jul 3, 2008
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

Tommy is one of the most enthusiastic couchsurfers I know. Always with lots of stories, most times about Norway, the country he loves. I hope he will find his way to that beautiful land.

Anneloes van Aken
From Anneloes van Aken
 Rotterdam, Netherlands
 Jun 30, 2008
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

He told a really weird story about a old lady putting her tong in his ear, but besides of that it is a interesting guy, fun and nice to meet!

Jasper Carton
From Jasper Carton
 Gent, Belgium
 Jun 24, 2008
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

Nice guy, we meet frequently at one of Roffas many bars, drinking a wide variety of beers, only thing that is constant is his urge to make an extreme amount of extremely bad word jokes... Keep up the good work! ;)

Lorraine Sanchez
From Lorraine Sanchez
 Amsterdam, Netherlands
 Jun 24, 2008
Met in person Friend, Hosted 1 days  
Positive

Tommy.. a really fun guy! It's impossible to have a dull moment around this guy. He will make you laugh non- stop, has great stories, and makes you feel like you have been friends with him forever. Not to be missed if you happen by Leiden.

Adela Dumbravan
From Adela Dumbravan
 Bistrita, Romania
 Jun 24, 2008
Met in person Friend, Hosted 1 days  
Positive

After hunting treasures on the streets of Utrecht, after chilling on a couch in the park listening to his American, British, Norvegian and Russian accent :), after spending hours talking about his life conceptions and after dragging him in a sports bar to see his second football match ever, after all this, I can say Tommy is a great company and a person who knows how to make his way in any situation, with any type of persons. Meet him, gain his "humour trust" and the rest will come...

Jai Larkman
From Jai Larkman
 Launceston, Australia
 Jun 24, 2008
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

Hmmm, there seems to be a trend emerging here. Laughs, jokes (good/bad), enthusiasm, talkative, fun. All very true! Never a dull moment! This guy is very easy going, not shy, but also respectful and decent. We had an enjoyable wander round Maastricht while poor Mia studied and prepared to move house. Good times!

Mielle de Lange
From Mielle de Lange
 Delft, Netherlands
 Jun 23, 2008
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

Beware! Slightly defected robot is running amok on the grounds of the insane asylum! I would not trust him with ducttape but other than that a very nice guy.

Jasper Haenen 
From Jasper Haenen
 Utrecht, Netherlands
 Jun 23, 2008
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Hosted 1 days Surfed 1 days  
Positive

After the midsummermeeting he showed up quite often and also made my happy offline by promoting Utrecht on every thinkable group. It is good to have a big Utrecht-fan in Leiden (which is by the way also a very nice city), especially when it is a really cool and funny guy.

Astrid Kuiper
From Astrid Kuiper
 Utrecht, Netherlands
 Jun 22, 2008
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Hosted 1 days  
Positive

Tommy is very talkative and enthousiastic person.
I hosted him, but we did not have a great start, because I was tired of my very busy week. Maybe we can do it again sometime when I have more energy ;-)

TRA
From TRA
 Krimpen aan den IJssel, Netherlands
 Jun 22, 2008
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

With Tommy you can always have a laugh. Crazy person with lots of energy.

Elisabeth Steen
From Elisabeth Steen
 Rotterdam, Netherlands
 Jun 16, 2008
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

Always in for a laugh. Like that. Laughing is good. Quite weird guy, also good. See you soon Tommy!

Remco Matthias Kwint 
From Remco Matthias Kwint
 Dordrecht, Netherlands
 Jun 4, 2008
Met in person Friend, Hosted 4 days  
Positive

Tommehh!

Intelligent, easy going and always in for a good or a bad joke. Even though he's not living in Rotterdam he still visits some meetings upthere and that's really nice cos this guy is always in for an interesting conversation!

Christin Peevor 
From Christin Peevor
 Larvik, Norway
 May 25, 2008
Met in person Best Friend, Hosted 30 days Surfed 30 days Traveled 23 days 
Positive

Tommy is a crazy, fun and energetic creature.
The best thing about staying at Tommy's is he is definitely entertaining!
He is also very kind, welcoming, open and social, but with a well-expected dark sense of humor which fits the rest of his personality.
He puts in a lot effort to help you out, and is a very dedicated member of CouchSurfing.

All-in-all, a really great guy!
I highly recommend getting to know him!

Untung Haryono
From Untung Haryono
 Dordrecht, Netherlands
 May 24, 2008
Met in person Best Friend, Surfed 4 days  
Positive

He is very funny guy to hang out with. And I'm always welcome at his place, everytime. He's a very good host.

Nicolas Sahlqvist
From Nicolas Sahlqvist
 Rotterdam, Netherlands
 May 20, 2008
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

Tommy is kinda crazy in a funny way and can talk Norwegian and Swedish well although he is Dutch! His humor is 1 km under the table and hilarious! :)

Marta Bankowska
From Marta Bankowska
 Amsterdam, Netherlands
 May 20, 2008
Met in person Good Friend,  
Positive

hmm he is even weirder than me soo yeah respect =p he is always hitting me with a newspaper and makes jokes bout me though i have never got offence cos of it=pppp really positive person.....

Marco Eggens
From Marco Eggens
 Enkhuizen, Netherlands
 Apr 24, 2008
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Surfed 3 days  
Positive

Tommy showed me a few cool places in Leiden, we had some good laughs and he introduced me to some nice people.

To bad I couldn't go out at night with him and his friends because I was following courses at Leiden University over the weekend.

Laura Reques
From Laura Reques
 Santander, Spain
 Mar 30, 2008
Met in person  
Positive

he is a very nice gay!! I met him in Leiden, at "De burch", and we had a really good time talking about books, relationships, Barcelona, Netherlands...it was nice!!

Niels de Muelenaere
From Niels de Muelenaere
 Leiden, Netherlands
 Mar 28, 2008
Met in person  
Positive

He's like a Great Danish dog... lot's of bark, no bite, clears the table wih his tail and worst case scenario: he'll lick you to death.
Definitely worth hanging out with...

Jaap Mol 
From Jaap Mol
 Dordrecht, Netherlands
 Mar 26, 2008
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Hosted 1 days  
Positive

Wow! It's really good to see this guy here at CS 'cause i think he's got the real CS spirit! :) I met him at highschool, he is really energetic, enthousiast and open minded. Meet him!

Gelya Bogatishcheva
From Gelya Bogatishcheva
 Genova, Italy
 Mar 23, 2008
Met in person  
Positive

Although he doesn't drink, he is quite funny. He says he doesn't drink because he has to take care of his brain, but in reality this is because he is a Russian spy. He pretends to be Dutch and tries to confuse the enemy with his Norwegian smile, but I know his real name is Boris.

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