Sanne Bongers

Sanne Bongers

Current Mission: "Find my way in life."

Personal Designations

Couch available Vouched for21

Community Designations

CS Team Member City Ambassador (Utrecht)
Contribution
Netherlands
Utrecht
Lat: 52.0927, Lon: 5.1189
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General Information

Sanne Bongers is a CS City Ambassador for Utrecht, Netherlands!
Sanne Bongers has been vouched for
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Couch availableYes
CouchSurf requests replied to97%
member sinceAugust 25th, 2007
profile views6257
age29
birthday20 April
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genderFemale
membernameSANNEBONGERS
occupationeditor of study books
educationmaster in linguistics
grew up inBerlicum
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Languages

  • Dutch (Netherlands)Expert
  • EnglishExpert
  • FrenchIntermediate
  • SpanishBeginner

Groups I Belong To

Utrecht 1944:9083
Why: I live in Utrecht
Dutch lessons in Utrecht  222:631
Ambassador's Public 5731:10764horseback riding 969:447
Why: Who knows, I might meet nice other horse riders..
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Couch Information


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Couch Available: Yes
Preferred Gender: Any
Max Surfers Per Night: 2

Shared Sleeping Surface: Depends
Shared Room: Depends

I have a tiny study where you can sleep. The big 2-person airbed just fits on the floor in there. I can also make a 1 person bed out of pillows, and I have a self-inflatable mattress. So basically, you don't need to bring any bed things :)

I have tons of blankets and pillows, so you won't have to take those with you!

I live in a little house in the Neighbourhood 'Oog in Al'.
You can reach the center by bus and bike in 10-15 mins. Utrecht is a nice city, and it's in the middle of the country, so everything is close by. Amsterdam is 30 minutes by train.

I can be quite busy, but if I have time I'd love to show you around Utrecht or the countryside.

I have a cat, she's very sweet but a bit shy. My house is non-smoking, but I have a garden you can use.

Please do not send me any requests months in advance: I have no idea if I will be home then! One or two weeks before will do fine.

Friends (102)

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Liselotte BongersLiselotte Bongers
34, Female
's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant
Netherlands
Friends since April 1980
"she's my little sister!"
Friendship Type: Best Friend
Met in person  
Luisa SteurLuisa Steur
29, Female
Budapest, Budapest
Hungary
Friends since September 1994
"Ever since high school..."
Friendship Type: Best Friend
Met in person   Hosted6   Traveled14  
Timo LintingTimo Linting
22, Male
De Bilt, Utrecht
Netherlands
Friends since December 2007
"Through a cs-housewarmingparty"
Friendship Type: Close Friend
I vouched for Sanne Bongers
Met in person  
Chris MullerChris Muller
30, Male
Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland
Netherlands
Friends since August 1998
"we met in university introduction week, and have gotten closer ever since.. we have been housemates for 3 years a few years back."
Friendship Type: Close Friend
I vouched for Sanne Bongers
Met in person  
MAMAVANELAMAMAVANELA
32, Female
Utrecht, Utrecht
Netherlands
Friends since September 1998
"Studied together, climbed together."
Friendship Type: Good Friend
Met in person  
Neeltje Boogert Neeltje Boogert
27, Female
Montreal, Quebec
Canada
Friends since September 2000
"From my first year of University in Utrecht through Biton, and ever since then..."
Friendship Type: Good Friend
Met in person   Traveled21  
Carlo Lugaro Carlo Lugaro
37, Several people
Utrecht, Utrecht
Netherlands
Friends since November 2007
"We meet in the best pubs of Utrecht at the CS meetings."
Friendship Type: CouchSurfing Friend
I vouched for Sanne Bongers
Met in person  
Thatcher PeskensThatcher Peskens
28, Male
San Francisco, California
United States
Friends since January 2000
"Utrecht, Biton?"
Friendship Type: Good Friend
Met in person  
Abram SharyarAbram Sharyar
42, Male
Utrecht, Utrecht
Netherlands
Friends since October 2007
"CS meeting"
Friendship Type: Good Friend
Met in person   Surfed1  
Eveline van VelthuijsenEveline van Velthuijsen
23, Female
Utrecht, Utrecht
Netherlands
Friends since March 2007
"couchsurfing meetings etc"
Friendship Type: Friend
I vouched for Sanne Bongers
Met in person  
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Personal Description

I finished my second masters and have traveled around Europe for 4 months in 2009. Now I'm working as an editor for a publisher of study books.
I'm a very enthousiastic person and I love to meet new people and have fun.
I talk a lot, I can be bad at concentrating and can be a bit impatient, but at the same time I love to listen to you if you want to air your feelings.

How I Participate in CS

I love to be host to people and show them around and have a good time. It's a bit like traveling in your own country. I do have to find the time for hosting though. With a busy life it's not always convenient.
I do little and big trips myself every now and then, and couchsurfing, together with hitch-hiking, are a great way to do it!
Also, I organize a lot of stuff here in Utrecht with the other Utrecht couchsurfers. You can find me at a lot of the Utrecht meetings :)

CouchSurfing Experience

- Andre in Berlin
- Katja in Tyrol
- Claudia & Gregor in Tyrol
- Götz in Berlin
- Sandra in Berlin
- Aurélie in Rennes
- Guillaume in St-Brieuc
- Anne-Sophie in Digne-les-Bains
- Mathieu in, well, near, Monte Carlo
- Stuart in Arenzano
- Daniele in Padova
- Anna in Belgrade
- Andres in Vienna
- Big Pink (Marieangela and Manuel) in Berlin
- Tom in Brno
- Flo in Novi Sad
- Walter in Timisoara
- George in Sibiu
- Edith in Hunedoara
- Mihai in Retezat mountains
- Ovidiu in Sibiu
- Sasha and Katya in Lviv
- Ula in Krakow
- Froukje in Rotterdam

All great experiences! On to the next one :)
I also had quite some guests here and that was a lot of fun.

And I love the CS meetings!

Interests

music, cooking for friends, hiking in beautiful countryside, animals in general, horses specifically, biking, going out in cool bars, hitchhiking, festivals, camping.

Philosophy

Everything will work out just fine.

So much is possible when you look just a little bit further!

Music, Movies, Books

Music: I have a very wide taste in music, from friendly easy stuff like Feist, Jack Johnson, Norah Jones etc to alternative music like Radiohead, Bjork, Smashing Pumpkins, and the rougher stuff: Tool, Nine Inch Nails, Rammstein. And then also some 60s&70s heroes, flamenco, other world music, old-fashioned jazz and danceable stuff like drum&bass and other groovy music. Since my taste is so wide, my collection is big, but far from complete :)
Movies: everything by Pixar, Lars von Trier, Coen Brothers, Tim Burton, Office Space, Monty Python, ... I can keep going for some time here.
Books: Anything that's a good read and can be called literature.

Types of People I enjoy

All people, as long as they smile every now and then and don't break my house down.

Teach, Learn, Share

I know a lot about dyslexia. Did you know that there's a difference between being bad at spelling and being dyslexic? When you're dyslexic, just practicing a lot won't make you better, you have to learn reading and writing differently from 'normal' people. Dyslexic people have problems connecting sounds to letters and have to think about those connections every time they read or write something.
English has a very complicated spelling system, so that's why so many people in the UK and US experience problems. In England, children take two years to reach the level of reading and writing that children in The Netherlands reach in one year.
In China, dyslexia isn't a big problem at all, because the writing system isn't based on sounds.
Approximately 3% of every population has dyslexia, it just depends on the country you live in how much problems will arise.

One Amazing Thing I've Seen or Done

Hitchhike for four months!

Locations Traveled

TRAVELED: Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Spain, Tunisia, United Kingdom

References

 
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Mike Matejovic 
From Mike Matejovic
 Utrecht, Netherlands
 Feb 15
Met in person Surfed 5 days  
Positive

With Sanne I made my first couchsurfing experience. She is, to my mind at least, a very warm and giving person. Being cheerful and smart, she is a person you immediately want to become friends with. Sanne is dedicated to CouchSurfing very much. She introduced me to her friends, made me feel really welcome and offered to be of help whenever she could. Having met her I began to attend Dutch lessons for Couchsurfers. I am also more inclined towards hosting myself. Sanne changed my life and the way I approach The Netherlands as a person who just began his studies at the University of Utrecht. Sanne gives this website and its community a true meaning.

Xavier Châtellier 
From Xavier Châtellier
 The Hague, Netherlands
 Feb 14
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

Sanne is an angel with sparkling eyes.
When you meet her, you'll notice there is a big smile not only on her face, but also on yours. She just seems to like life and people so much. There is no way you can't be charmed! :)

Graham Wright 
From Graham Wright
 Somerville, United States
 Dec 19, 2009
Met in person Friend,  
Positive

Sanne IS couchsurfing. The friendly attitude, adventurous spirit, and ability to constantly meet and connect with new people make her some sort of super-couchsurfer. I think she might be constructed from the best parts of 5 or 6 other couchsurfers. All of this makes her a great host or surfer. She will definitely greet you with a big smile that will immediately have you grinning as well.

She also occasionally goes by the name Liza.

Szabolcs Sepsi 
From Szabolcs Sepsi
 Budapest, Hungary
 Nov 30, 2009
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Traveled 2 days 
Positive

She s very naive. You can just tell her to give you something and she will do it first and think after.

Martín Waldman
From Martín Waldman
 Toronto, Canada
 Nov 9, 2009
Met in person Surfed 1 days  
Positive

Sanne was so kind to take me in on short notice, after a couchsurfing meeting in utrecht. She is full of life and energy, and has great taste in 90s alternative music! She showed me some nice parts of Utrecht, and the proper way to eat Dutch caramel waffels... so glad we had a chance to meet! Hope the hitchhiking went well!

Edith E.
From Edith E.
 Hunedoara, Romania
 Oct 15, 2009
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Hosted 1 days  
Positive

It was nice having her over. She's funny, talkative and she can even give history lessons (about her country ;))

Botond Hegyi 
From Botond Hegyi
 Brasov, Romania
 Sep 6, 2009
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Hosted 1 days  
Positive

Sanne is a very nice girl but guys we have to be careful because after the full emancipation she want to introduce the woman's domination :-SS

Dimitar Genchev
From Dimitar Genchev
 Utrecht, Netherlands
 Aug 31, 2009
Met in person Good Friend, Surfed 3 days  
Positive

Sanne is the girl with the most charming smile.Very vital and full of energy and interesting stories. We have not a lot of time to know eachother well but from the tee every morning I cought smel that she is a great person.She helped me in very difficult time. So Sanne DANKJEWEL :)

Benoît Brault
From Benoît Brault
 Pontaubault, France
 Aug 27, 2009
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Surfed 1 days  
Positive

I knew she was traveling in romania I sent her mails but when I was in a city she was already left. To forgot I went dancing in vama veche. I came to an other bar to hear if the music and the beer were better. And she was here making fun of me.
Crazy meeting. Please send me your pictures. I was so sad to not come with you in odessa.
See you soon anywhere in the world

Barry Lawrence
From Barry Lawrence
 Sofia, Bulgaria
 Aug 23, 2009
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Surfed 1 days  
Positive

Sanne was a great host, although I only spent a short time with her, I enjoyed it a lot.

She hosted me at short notice, let me borrow her bike, came dancing and drinking, sorted out my backpack and is now hosting some of my non essential items!!

Sanne is a very friendly, funny and warm person. I'm glad I got the chance to meet her.

Oh, and thanks for the extremely late night, don't know about you, but I was a little bit tender the next day!!

Looking forward to meeting you again, not just to pick up my stuff!!

Baz

Tom Moon
From Tom Moon
 Douglas, United Kingdom
 Aug 22, 2009
Met in person Good Friend, Hosted 1 days Surfed 11 days Traveled 16 days 
Positive

Sanne and I found each other on the CS Hitchhikers group and arranged to travel together for eleven days through France, Monaco and Italy. Somehow, it worked out :).

A few reasons why travelling with Sanne is something you must do:
- her knowledge about camping saved our asses (I haven't got a clue)
- she is one of the most wonderful travel partners I've ever had
- life is never dull when you're around her and she will never give you time to be bored or unhappy
- she is AMAZINGLY patient and tolerant when she needs to be, of course it'd be unfair to test this...
- I really valued her company, I had to travel alone for a few days after and at times I really missed having her around
- she is full of interesting ideas, thoughts, discussion topics, and you'll feel you'll learn a lot from her
- she is an inventive Experimental Tourist

Since then we've met in Utrecht, and I hosted her in Brno. I hope, and expect, that we will stay in touch for a long time yet :)

Eve Arm
From Eve Arm
 Arad, Romania
 Aug 4, 2009
Met in person Friend, Traveled 3 days 
Positive

She is so amazing, very open person, really wonderful to spend time together with, gives good advice about travelling and can do a very good massage...she is really one of those people you fall in love right away, hope to meet again somewhere in the world, really:)

Sander Marsman
From Sander Marsman
 Amsterdam, Netherlands
 Aug 3, 2009
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Traveled 4 days 
Positive

It was great to spend time with Sanne in Rumania! Sanne is very easy going,. funny and sweet! She helped me out whit some good hitchhike/bag-pack tips aswell!
* Enjoy Ukraine! *

PUBLIUSOVIDIUS
From PUBLIUSOVIDIUS
 Sibiu, Romania
 Aug 2, 2009
Met in person Hosted 1 days  
Positive

I hosted Sanne and her friend Casper for a night,about they come down from retezat mountains.I know she for the another life I thing.Yes, Sanne is the best hitchiking surfer in the world!

Hilko Menke
From Hilko Menke
 Gieten, Netherlands
 Jul 29, 2009
Met in person Good Friend,  
Positive

We met in Mihai's cabin in the Retezat mountains and spend nice times together.
She's a very good cook and conversational partner . And good in cleaning as well . Hehe :)
Very open and lively, and great to spend time with. Just make sure you're nice to her when she gets hungry :p

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

If I ever run short of suitable travel companions, I would be delighted to team up with Sanne. Actually, with her positive spirit and energy she's is very close to a first choice of company in any situation. Taking care of the cooking business during a huge CS event did not bring her sunny mood down and she even had time to share some good travel stories with me. You just have to know that Sanne goes into almost complete hibernation mode when her batteries are critically low. But some rest and then some tea will send her flying again before you can say superduperfunnylicious.

Mihai Bursesc
From Mihai Bursesc
 Salasu de Sus, Romania
 Jul 22, 2009
Met in person Friend, Hosted 3 days  
Positive

Sanne is adorable.

Walter Fettich
From Walter Fettich
 Berlin, Germany
 Jul 15, 2009
Met in person Friend, Hosted 2 days  
Positive

Sanne and Linda visited me in the hot month of July when they came from Exit festival in Novi Sad. They're two cool chicks, laid back (typically dutch I understand) and who can connect to most open people, even computer geeks like me.

Florian Fischer 
From Florian Fischer
 Berlin, Germany
 Jul 14, 2009
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Hosted 1 days Surfed 1 days  
Positive

Sanne surfed my couch during the 10th EXIT festival in Novi Sad (RS) in July 2009

CS connections are really great. You know somebody and this person just passes on your mobile number to another person and in the end you end up hosting this person.
Sanne was sent to me by gypsyhymn and tmoon (if I remember right) and I am very thankful for that. We first met at a CS picknick where she told me about a little amazing stage and right there later we randomly ran into each other. Sanne is cheerfull girl, full of positive vibrations which she is able to share to 100%. Happy I met her.

UPDATE: 16.11.2009
Surfed her Couch in Utrecht in August 2009
We had a great day, cooking together and going swimming. Good host!

Anna Soloninko
From Anna Soloninko
 Warsaw, Poland
 Jun 26, 2009
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Hosted 2 days  
Positive

Hosting Sanne was a really pleasure! Natural and easy-going person, who get along well with everyone - she found a veteran AC/DC fan in bus and talked with about rock culture ;-). For sure she can cross all barrier and find common subject with the others. She knows, what she wants from her life!I am looking forward to see with her the next time and for great party during Exit festival so see you soon!

Daniele Orlandi
From Daniele Orlandi
 Nijmegen, Netherlands
 Jun 26, 2009
Met in person Hosted 2 days  
Positive

Sanne cames in Chicchi house with Casper and another english men. She is a smiling girl!!!

Marcus Eder 
From Marcus Eder
 Vienna, Austria
 Jun 26, 2009
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Traveled 4 days 
Positive

we two started whisteling together and it was sooo great with her. Once in a while you meet someone that is sunshine and has a lot of positive energy. Sanne is that kind of person for me. I look forward to meet her again. And I guess it is not necessary to mention that she is most welcome at my place at any time.

Michalis Maroulakis
From Michalis Maroulakis
 Amsterdam, Netherlands
 Jun 21, 2009
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

Sanne is sending out this great positive energy.

Pure like a child and great Chef,
Well, she told me that she gave the others derections how to cook the big,big dinner during the cs midsummernightmeeting, but it was great food!

Thanx for the good time!

Andres Cvitkovich
From Andres Cvitkovich
 Vienna, Austria
 Jun 18, 2009
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Hosted 4 days  
Positive

Sanne was introduced by mutual friend Liza, and she turned out to be equally easy going and nice and great fun and all that :) She was a very uncomplicated surfer, just needed some breakfast and a few additional bits at the Vienna Calling brunch event to be happy ;) Pity the program was so dense we had not much time to do much of a cooking, partying, cardplaying, etc. stuff at my place!

Anne Sophie Gonzalvez
From Anne Sophie Gonzalvez
 Digne-les-Bains, France
 Jun 16, 2009
Met in person Hosted 1 days  
Positive

We spent a nice evening with the brave hitchhiking Sanne and a friend of her, and hope the Gorges du Verdon was a good event; by the way thanks for the magnet!
Anneso

Dingo
From Dingo
 Perth, Australia
 Jun 16, 2009
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

Sanne and I met in Vienna calling 09. we met again in Utrecht and hitched to Roskilde festival where we both volunteered for 10 days, I then took my life path and Sanne took the adventurous road to Serbia. Sanne is a nice girl that can be thoughtful kind hearted, determined andadventurous. I wish you well on your journey. Follow your heart have faith that it always works out in life. Stay Happy :)

Veronique Vanonckelen
From Veronique Vanonckelen
 Gent, Belgium
 Jun 16, 2009
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Traveled 1 days 
Positive

Put 4 girls in a car, and see what happens... we tried it and tons of cool things happen!!
Sanne is happy, smiling and talkative. But also a good listner and a great understander. Fun is definetly guaranteed if she's around....
She will make you at ease as soon as she arrives and I think it's almost impossible for her to loose her good mood and positive spirit.

I'm also pretty sure that we will meet again, at least I hope we do!!!

Casper van Benthem
From Casper van Benthem
 Kings Langley, United Kingdom
 May 31, 2009
Met in person Friend,  
Positive

After first having met for no more than one hour, we travelled (HH'ed, camped, CS'ed) together for two weeks. This worked very well and turned out to be one of the best vacations I have ever had. I often feel bored with people after some time, but with Sanne this has definitely not been the case. She has a lot to tell and is easy to talk with. Well, with some people she appears to be fighting for her turn to speak. Sanne is indeed a very positive person. She has the enthousiasm en endurance required for hitchhiking, although I did feel I had a bit more patience every now and then. I believe she usually just says whatever she thinks. She can be a bit cynical but you will know what she really means.

Her appearance could be called sophisticated, mixed in with something girlish. Perfect for HH'ing. She gets grumpy when she is hungry - just give her something to eat with vegetables and everything will be fine. Sanne is friendly, cool, smart and adventurous.

Anders Ramussen
From Anders Ramussen
 Odense, Denmark
 May 26, 2009
Met in person Surfed 3 days  
Positive

She hosted me and my girlfriend for 2 dayes. She hosted us i last time. Thank you for that :)
We did not hang that much out, but we had some good talks in the evning, and we made dinner together one evning.
I hope you will have a realy great Hitchhecking trip.

Stuart Toomey
From Stuart Toomey
 Genova, Italy
 May 16, 2009
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Hosted 2 days  
Positive

Sanne is a real caring sharing friendly girl, a great guest and a great ambassador to CS. I would love my kids to get as much from CS and give as much to CS as Sanne does. Great inspiration.

Martina Rosenthal
From Martina Rosenthal
 Vienna, Austria
 Apr 7, 2009
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Surfed 3 days  
Positive

Staying with Sanne felt like a home! She lend us her bike - thanks so much!! - and we participated in a very fun dutch lesson shes organising herself. She's interested in a lot of things, and very very passionate for languages. Sanne says what she thinks, so you can have good discussions with her. And I really LOVE her cute and calineux cat. :-)

FORMALDEHYD
From FORMALDEHYD
 Vienna, Austria
 Mar 10, 2009
Met in person Surfed 3 days  
Positive

Sanne is a very easy going and natural person, she made us enjoy our stay in Utrecht a lot.
She gave me a guide on the Campus in the evening, and it was great to bike in Utrecht. we joined for one dutch lession at her place. Sanne is a swell cook and we had interesting conversations about all kinds of stuff.

Alejandro Muntó
From Alejandro Muntó
 Buenos Aires, Argentina
 Mar 2, 2009
Met in person Surfed 2 days  
Positive

I can suppose, after having met and surfed Sanne, that it is for people like her that the CS project remains so active and transcends the mere notion of traveling, towards that of a community. So my stay in Utrecht accounts for a good reference not only for this CSer, but the whole city CS community, of which I got to know some part during a guided day visit and a dutch lesson night.
About Sanne herself, I can say that despite us being so evidently different, I was surprised to see myself sharing some good moments with her. Beware: her hiper-activity and talkativeness shall leave no space for being shy or uncomfortable. She will, however, adapt to her guest's interests.
And she has very good advice for the hitchhikers, too :)

Isa McKechnie 
From Isa McKechnie
 Utrecht, Netherlands
 Feb 13, 2009
Met in person Friend,  
Positive

Sanne Sanne Sanne... always full of stories to share, vibrant with energy, she's so 'Sanne' which is a beautiful thing, unique because she lives exactly in her own way, positive even when life is not so kind sometimes. She's my study buddy but more than that - we've had many a deep and fun conversation and that's what Sanne is about - interaction, connection, and seizing the day.

Dorit K.
From Dorit K.
 Amsterdam, Netherlands
 Jan 13, 2009
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

Sanne puts a lot of her energy and time in organizing meetings and events for the CS community. You can see her positive spirit from a kilometer away. :)

Jo Steeghs
From Jo Steeghs
 Utrecht, Netherlands
 Jan 11, 2009
Met in person Friend,  
Positive

Sannes energy for the Dutch lessons in inspiring. She is always so motivated and a great hostess - it is great fun going around to her place for parties/pancakes or even shifting :)

Guillaume Roux 
From Guillaume Roux
 Saint-Brieuc, France
 Jan 8, 2009
Met in person Hosted 2 days  
Positive

hei!oh,i think you can see through other comments how's Sanne!i can't write something new:)
it was good time and easy to welcome Sanne and Tim!she's very active and never lack of ideas about topics of talk!!!
i appreciate her vison of Life; her traveller and hitchiking personnality! :)
she's also a very good cooker, wow!!!miam miam pancakes!
hope to meet again for these lessons, and for talks too! :)

Ewen Cumming 
From Ewen Cumming
 Utrecht, Netherlands
 Jan 7, 2009
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

Sanne is an awesome Dutch teacher and has made our time here in Utrecht so great :) She is a very fun, motivated, and generous person.

Anneke Van Kuyk
From Anneke Van Kuyk
 Bowen, Australia
 Jan 6, 2009
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

Sanne is a really friendly outgoing person - i warmed to her the first time i met her & now she is teaching me dutch. Im very impressed at how much time she is volunteering for the courses.

Mareike Erfeling
From Mareike Erfeling
 Utrecht, Netherlands
 Jan 6, 2009
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

Sweet and positive girl, a cornerstone of the cs- community Utrecht ;-)!

AURELIE BES DE BERC
From AURELIE BES DE BERC
 Rennes, France
 Jan 4, 2009
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Hosted 2 days  
Positive

I hosted with pleasure the great and enthousiastic team Tim and Sanne and we sheared nice parties in my flat!!! There are perfect host,smily and generous,and we had a lot of fun playing music and party!!!!!! See u maybe in Utrecht!!! :D

FOTOMIEP
From FOTOMIEP
 Groningen, Netherlands
 Dec 21, 2008
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Surfed 3 days  
Positive

She was wonderful enough to host me, knowing full well that I wouldn't come home before 4am. It was even more wonderful, that she didn't kick me out when she got sick.

Irina Simanova
From Irina Simanova
 Utrecht, Netherlands
 Dec 14, 2008
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

Sanne is a girl with eyes wide-open to the whole world! Very positive and full af energy, and she is a great teacher!

Nicolas Sahlqvist
From Nicolas Sahlqvist
 Rotterdam, Netherlands
 Dec 7, 2008
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

I meet Sanne at Sinterklaas 2007, 2008 and at Utrecht meetings, she always comes with a smile and likes to get to know people around her! :)

Pance Gasteovski
From Pance Gasteovski
 Utrecht, Netherlands
 Dec 4, 2008
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

her ??!!! she can't stop talking... ever... she probably talks while she sleeps as well... :)

very generous, dominant (i guess in the good way !!?) :) , friendly, joyful, energized, positive with the ability to transfer it to others, happy, uplifting, great teacher, patient and someone who can laugh while telling a broken-finger-story... her own finger... :)

MAB84 
From MAB84
 Amsterdam, Netherlands
 Dec 1, 2008
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Surfed 4 days  
Positive

Sanne is a wonderful cook and next to that a really good host 2! And a very sweet girl! Her houseparty was great and even the garlic snacks was very good eatable! :D I hate garlic but in the most things I didn't taste it at all! Maybe a little bit more meat for dinner ;)

Sandra Timmermann 
From Sandra Timmermann
 Berlin, Germany
 Nov 30, 2008
Met in person Hosted 3 days  
Positive

Irma, Linda, Sanne and Wies had been nice guests. Although I had been a bit busy at the days before my holiday, we shared at least some typical dutch activities: biking with dutch bikes through the city ;-)

Ratna Lim
From Ratna Lim
 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
 Nov 23, 2008
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Surfed 5 days  
Positive

Sanne was a wonderful host. She's the busiest girl I've ever met, full of energy, and extremely positive minded. It's always nice to be around her because you get to be positive and energized too. LOL. Anyway I really enjoyed the time I surfed her couch. And her cat is just lovely. ;) Thanks a lot for having me in your place, Sanne. See you in the coming Dutch lessons.

Floris Rosenbrand 
From Floris Rosenbrand
 Wognum, Netherlands
 Nov 19, 2008
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Surfed 1 days Traveled 1 days 
Positive

When I first met Sanne I had a good feeling about her. After many Dutch lesson meetings in Utrecht and other meetings, she hasn't proven my first thought to be wrong. And I have come to respect her. She is a very well educated and smart person. But she is not flaunting her knowledge, which makes her a good teacher and a cool, layed back person from my point of view. Some already have said she always smiles. And from my observation this is almost true, as I have seen her not smile for just a couple of seconds on one or two occasions. I'm sure we will keep meeting eachother.

BARON_HNZ
From BARON_HNZ
 Utrecht, Netherlands
 Oct 29, 2008
Met in person Friend,  
Positive

First she was the scientist I had to get the nuclear plans from. Now she is the dutch teacher, who advises me through my journy to become a good dutch speaker. :D

Ever saw someone smiling the whole time? If not, meet Sanne! If she's around, she just makes you feel good. But she can also be a strict teacher and cook. Which is a thing she seem to like a lot! And she really cooks good.

Don't miss the chance to meet her, when your in Utrecht!

Eveline van Velthuijsen
From Eveline van Velthuijsen
 Utrecht, Netherlands
 Oct 29, 2008
Met in person Friend,  
Positive

I know Sanne for quite some time now, and i find her a very nice person to be around. Always smiling and willing to help out when cs Utrecht is in dire need of a good cook. Great girl!

Shawn VP
From Shawn VP
 Toronto, Canada
 Oct 21, 2008
Met in person Friend,  
Positive

If you like talkative, enthusiastic, friendly people than Sanne is not for you! Kidding.... I met Sanne at a beer fest in Utrecht, and chatted to her quite a bit throughout the night. In my humble opinion, we seemed to hit it off quite well. She was easy to talk to and just as easy to get a smile out of. Never a bad combination!

By the end of the night, she even entrusted me to ride her home on the back of her bike while i drove it... Apparently a Utrech'ian tradition.

Otto Kool 
From Otto Kool
 Utrecht, Netherlands
 Oct 20, 2008
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

Sanne can be the personification of 'Extremely positive', in the sense that she smiles a lot and then suddenly everyone else smiles too! So thats great i guess.

Michel Faas
From Michel Faas
 Tampere, Finland
 Oct 20, 2008
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  

After the cycling we went to Sanne´s place, because we got the idea to eat something. She made a nice paprikasoup and we ate some pancakes. I missed the bowling with people in Lisse but the food and nice evening was worth it.

Jeff and Dennea Lambert 
From Jeff and Dennea Lambert
 Munich, Germany
 Oct 19, 2008
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Traveled 1 days 
Positive

I met Sanne at the Bokbierfestival in Utrecht. She is a great girl with a lot of energy and a cool attitude. She probably rides her bike more than some people drive their cars! Hope to see you again next time I'm in Utrecht.

Jessica de Wild
From Jessica de Wild
 Utrecht, Netherlands
 Oct 18, 2008
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

Our first meeting was during a festival and BBQ, we had good discussion and she was very convincing;) After that we met more often during couchsurf meetings mainly.

Neeltje Boogert 
From Neeltje Boogert
 Montreal, Canada
 Oct 11, 2008
Met in person Good Friend, Traveled 21 days 
Positive

Sanne is a very sweet and extremely hospitable person. She always makes time to meet up and it's great to hang out with her as she's so positive and energetic. If you ever happen to be in Utrecht I'm sure you'll have a great experience couchsurfing with her!

Wessel Wensink
From Wessel Wensink
 Utrecht, Netherlands
 Oct 1, 2008
Met in person Friend,  
Positive

I'm not crazy, she's crazy! But in a very good way.

Tommy Quist
From Tommy Quist
 Leiden, Netherlands
 Sep 29, 2008
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

I've met Sanne at a few Utrecht events over the course of a few months. Her most obvious chracteristic is that she always seems happy. Also at the roleplaying event our characters married to take advantage of my inheritance.

CLAUDIA & GREGOR
From CLAUDIA & GREGOR
 Tarrenz, Austria
 Sep 3, 2008
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Hosted 3 days  
Positive

Sanne stayed at our place, together with her friend Irma. We had a very nice time with them, played with the cat, had good food, had a great rockclimbing session ;-) and would always welcome them back.

Juan Emilio Rubio Muñoz 
From Juan Emilio Rubio Muñoz
 Brno, Czech Republic
 Aug 18, 2008
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Surfed 1 days  
Positive

Sanne was a great host and made us feel really welcome in Utrecht! She showed us around the city in the evening and then she cooked for us a delicious dinner to which she even invited a friend of mine who joined us for the day.

Dieuwke Hettinga
From Dieuwke Hettinga
 Utrecht, Netherlands
 Aug 14, 2008
Met in person Friend,  
Positive

Sanne is fun to hang and play games with. and great if you need help moving some things on a bike ;)

Mathias Le Rider
From Mathias Le Rider
 Strasbourg, France
 Jul 10, 2008
Met in person  
Positive

You like to talk, walk and cook awesome meals? Thus Sanne is just the perfect person to be with for couchsurfing. She's kind, energetic and smiles a lot. I really enjoyed to spend some times with her talking about all and nothing, listening to music... Meet you next time in Strasbourg during your PhD? There are small mountains there and we can get really lost during the walk!

Maikel Lourenssen 
From Maikel Lourenssen
 Oss, Netherlands
 Jul 9, 2008
Met in person Good Friend,  
Positive

Sanne is a person that always seems to smile and a very active free hugger when walking around with the sign.
Her activity and passion at the midsummer meeting made me really experience her as a enjoyable person.

Emily Gibbons 
From Emily Gibbons
 Wiarton, Canada
 Jul 7, 2008
Met in person Friend,  
Positive

An excellent cook!!!

I had soooo much fun cooking for Midsummer's with you.

Friendly, helpful and dedicated. A great person to spend time with.

Jacque Buysse 
From Jacque Buysse
 Veenendaal, Netherlands
 Jun 23, 2008
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

organising diner for 100 people and keeping cool! enjoying the party and have fun. no problem for Sanne.

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

Sanne and I already saw each other at Queens night, but we haven't spoke with each other then. She (with a lot of others) makes the dinner for the midsummer night meeting. And she likes (red) wine!

Linda Poort
From Linda Poort
 Hilversum, Netherlands
 Jun 22, 2008
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  

Sanne is a nice girl and, it already has been said several times, a good chef - especially her mayo-yoghurt dips are irresistible! It's nice to meet her every time.

Karst van Oosten
From Karst van Oosten
 Amsterdam, Netherlands
 Jun 21, 2008
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

Has a funny brittish accent when she speaks american ;-) The vega-cooking for the midsummer meeting utrecht 2008 was great!

Jeroen Geerdink 
From Jeroen Geerdink
 Utrecht, Netherlands
 Jun 10, 2008
Met in person Good Friend,  
Positive

Sanne is the Utrecht cook, and a good one at that as well. She has been a great and fun help in several adhoc dinners we organised. Always up for a board game after :) I think she is a greta person to hang out with, very laid back and lots of fun.

Enrico Gaddoni
From Enrico Gaddoni
 Fontanelice, Italy
 Jun 1, 2008
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Surfed 3 days  
Positive

I went to do indoor climbing with her friends, it was very nice.
We went in the market, and we hang up together.

Eylem Culculoglu 
From Eylem Culculoglu
 Hilversum, Netherlands
 May 7, 2008
Met in person  
Positive

Sanne is a great person.. It was my first couch surfing experience and I was so happy with it. Sanne was very friendly, she cooked me dinner (awesome pancakes and soup) showed me the city. She even gave her bike.. She is very intellectual and it is very nice talking with her. I am looking forward to host her in Istanbul...

Astrid Kuiper
From Astrid Kuiper
 Utrecht, Netherlands
 May 3, 2008
Met in person Friend,  
Positive

This chaotic person is great to be around. All her energy and her hospitality (tea, choclate, sweets, boardgame) makes me feel good :D
Next time at my place ;-)

MAMAVANELA
From MAMAVANELA
 Utrecht, Netherlands
 May 2, 2008
Met in person Good Friend,  
Positive

I've known Sanne from when we were both students, back when we were young... oh wait, we're still young. And we've both decided studying again is a wise career move :)
And she still is energetic, very interested in a lot of stuff, and genuinely attentive to people.

And of course Lappie gives her place the extra allure it deserves!

Dasha Naumenko
From Dasha Naumenko
 Colombes, France
 Apr 26, 2008
Met in person  
Positive

Sanne ))) yes, her smile say us a lot))
very kind, interesting,extreme positive girl ))
in her appartment i and Yura have tasted so unusual mix for our ukraine cuisine - mash + pineapple + chees )))
thanks )))

Smita Raman
From Smita Raman
 Cologne, Germany
 Apr 23, 2008
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Surfed 2 days  
Positive

Sanne's was the first couch I surfed. And I couldn't have asked for a better initiation into CS. She is a nice host, full of verve and gusto, and a very helpful person. Oh, and an excellent cook!

Martin Hazendonk
From Martin Hazendonk
 Amsterdam, Netherlands
 Apr 3, 2008
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Surfed 1 days  
Positive

What a nice lady!!! Her genuine smile says enough. Thank you for your beautiful care and enthousiasm, greet your funny fr... uh cat (it's an amazing animal!) I hope we will meet again for some more fun or talk talk!!!

B_DRAGONNE
From B_DRAGONNE
 Utrecht, Netherlands
 Apr 2, 2008
Met in person Good Friend,  
Positive

Sanne is... in a word...

Prachtig :) (Sweet)

Lovely, friendly, funny, adorable and crazy girl, all in one lovely package.

Spend time with her once and you will want to spend time with her again, maybe she is addictive :P

Thank you SOOO much for your company, conversation and help Sanne!

<3

-Bri

TIMZ 
From TIMZ
 Utrecht, Netherlands
 Mar 29, 2008
Met in person Friend,  
Positive

We joined a pubcrawl in Utrecht and ended in an endless conversation about everything¬hing. Sanne is a charming lady, open-minded and one of the most sparkling members of the Utrechtgroup! A lovely person, glad to know her.

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

Sanne is a laugh and a half. You won't find anyone with more energy or who is better at cooking! She is a warm and friendly person who I would be glad to host or be hosted by anytime.

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

Of Course Sanne gave also a sweet shine on the CS meeting!! Let me know when are the Utrecht meetings and let's see if I am able to join on some meeting there! See You on the other side!
Update: And after the free hugs meeting we cooked dinner in Jasper and Liza's house and she has a ratatoullie inside her!!! All the cooking were extremly tasty! If You surf my couch let me know what ingredients I must have!

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

She is sweet and always smiling, although she says that she is aggressive and sarcastic :) She radiates a very pleasant waves around her, and even frozen strangers on the streets of Utrecht could not resist her Free Hugs offered!
It looked like she gave all herself away, and became very thirsty that day, as she was the whole evening after searching for drinks during playing games... So when you get to meet her, make sure there is enough of those at stock! ;)

Jasper Haenen 
From Jasper Haenen
 Utrecht, Netherlands
 Feb 17, 2008
Met in person Friend,  
Positive

I allready met Sanne on several meetings, she is allways able to show a new side. I allready found out she is a good, and very fast poet. Now she also appears to be a great cook; whoops, chef. You and Liza form a good pair on my couch!

Timo Linting
From Timo Linting
 De Bilt, Netherlands
 Feb 17, 2008
Met in person Close Friend,  
Positive

Sanne is a really cool and happy girl. Almost all the time she has a smile on her face. She's open to see what's in the world.

Luis Sanchez Salvatori
From Luis Sanchez Salvatori
 Granada, Spain
 Jan 10, 2008
Met in person  
Positive

about this nice girl,i can say that she is a frendly and warm girl she spend 2 night in my places and we spend time in the tapas bar,with her shy friend from england,but funny guy,hey check the kind of food that she cook.

Abram Sharyar
From Abram Sharyar
 Utrecht, Netherlands
 Dec 23, 2007
Met in person Good Friend, Surfed 1 days  
Positive

Sanne is very kind and nice persion,she kan goed kook.

Liza van Kuijk 
From Liza van Kuijk
 Utrecht, Netherlands
 Dec 16, 2007
Met in person Good Friend,  
Positive

We first met while she lost her CSers but don't worry she found them again. Sanne has great taste in music and people, you can find her often at all the great music places in Utrecht. She is open, enthousiastic and like me also a little happily insane (prettig gestoord).

Dave Ip
From Dave Ip
 Cologne, Germany
 Dec 4, 2007
Met in person Friend,  
Positive

a happy chappy!

Kos Den 
From Kos Den
 London, United Kingdom
 Dec 2, 2007
Met in person Friend, Surfed 1 days  
Positive

Sanne welcomed me to Utrecht even before I got there, from her first email :)
I had a great time with her and 'the' cat :P
Well, there isn't much to say as I enjoyed every moment there. I think I made the most of my sort visit to Utrecht and i owe that to Sanne :)
THAAAANKS! :-)

Carlo Lugaro 
From Carlo Lugaro
 Utrecht, Netherlands
 Nov 19, 2007
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

We always end up drinking thee in the middle of the night and discussing topics from how to go to Amsterdam by horse to the meaning of the religions in the world. Sanne is a nice and clever person to talk to, I would recommend!

ukraine
From ukraine
 Paris, France
 Nov 5, 2007
Met in person  
Positive

Dear Sanne, thank's a lot for inviting us to you! We have had a very nice and friendly experience.

She is very smart easy going person... she like to cook and ... and i would love to know her better,

Bisouuss!

ЮРА (Yura) & ДАША

Martijn Zuidweg
From Martijn Zuidweg
 Utrecht, Netherlands
 Oct 19, 2007
Met in person Friend,  
Positive

I haven't met Sanne very often, but when I did, we had fun. Besides, she must be a great cook. Her ex-boyfriend occasionally cooks for me, and he does that very well. He claims he learned all his skills from Sanne.

DANIELBR
From DANIELBR
 Sao Paulo, Brazil
 Oct 11, 2007
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Surfed 1 days  
Positive

Sanne prepared a very traditional dutch meal, all from her mother's recipe and I even got a little forbidden snack into my vegetable soup. We had funny conversations about our histories and she showed me wonderful pictures about this beautiful village in France.
Thanks for the nice eve!

Joshua Gallaty
From Joshua Gallaty
 Bend, United States
 Aug 26, 2007
Met in person Good Friend, Hosted 1 days  
Positive

Great guide and an amazing cook!

Chris Muller
From Chris Muller
 Rotterdam, Netherlands
 Aug 25, 2007
Met in person Close Friend,  
Positive

We have lived together as really good friends, and I hope we can stay friends as close as we are now, or better.

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