I hear the English version of the Office is pretty funny, although I've yet to see it--a friend of mine spent a semester in England and enjoyed it. (Although Dwight you can't replicate, I'm sure.)

I've been checking out your blog for the last month or so, and am so inspired by your creations! You must knit incredibly fast. I can't wait to see how your afghan turns out--how long would you say it takes you to put this together? I would love to make something like this for both my folks and my in-laws... The thought of beginning is a little intimidating! Any suggestions? :)

Thanks, and happy knitting,

Mindy

What's an H&M?

of course there's an H and M everywhere! Your outfit goes out of style by the time you cross the street!

LOL!!! I LOVE that show, and Dwight never fails to crack me up!! All those H&M's sound like Starbucks here, or Au Bon Pain in Boston. :)

My boyfriend (born in the Netherlands but not Dutch) nearly fell from his chair because of laughing.

It's a running gag over here, that all of them are on our highways during holiday seasons. Funny, that even you noticed so.

Gee, my town only had one H&M and a C&A... now I feel deprived lol

don't rush that petit-vacance just so we can have pics. puhlease!

Question!
What is an H&M?

I met a guy once who swore that the Netherlands must rise three inches in summer.

Kate

I loved your post. Is an H&M anything like a sieben & elf?

I was watching Office clips on NBC.com today and they had the one where Dwight asks Michael what would happen if he (Michael) were to step on a landmine. Oh man. I love that show.

PLEASE send an H & M over to Athens, GA. Right now! And enjoy your mini-vacay!

Oh, thats why there were so many Germans in Switzerland when I was there last week. They were fleeing the Dutch. I am assuming that now Italy is filling up with the Swiss.
Also, when one's main navigational technique is to remember the stores one has walked past recently, one should never have more than one H+M in a city center or one will get very lost and end up walking in circles all over Lucerne...

Question! What's an H&M? ;-)

Don't worry about the pictures while on vacation, just enjoy! We can use our IMAGINATIONS (as my daughter shouts) while knitting away and reading about your travels!

I can't believe all these people don't have an H&M, especially when you have so many.

Question!

Why the hell are you posting when you should be enjoying R&R with hubby?

H&M is like European Gap. Stylish clothes that are really inexpensive. There are a few in America - you can check out the store locations here. There were tons of Americans in the H&M's that I visited yesterday. I guess there are still a lot of Americans who haven't ever been to an H&M.

And I LOVE the British Office so much, I wouldn't even watch the American one at first. I was convinced that it would suck. But it's just as good, if not maybe a little better (since it won't end after just 12 episodes!).

Ha! Holland rising in the summer - too funny!

Hehehe, I found that pretty disturbing with the four H&M's downtown, too. Thank goodness I don't really venture down there that often anymore. *LOL*

I live in The Netherlands and I could swear Germany must be pretty empty with the number of German numberplates I see over here!

The Office. Best. Show. Ever.

And Dava? When I read your comment about H&M I almost spat my breakfast on my computer. Too funny.

Ooh, I'm going to Munich in August. I need to know about good knitting stores...and other important sites. Hope you're having a great time!

You really can't have too many H&M's can you?

Oh, please send one of those H & M here to Atlanta!

wow...just you and hubby...that is luxary.

Only four H&Ms? I think we have six here in Cologne-City. Hehe.
And the Dutch ... they are e-ve-ry-where. They always carry their own homes. Like snails.

I guess H&M is the Starbucks of Germany.

I thought perhaps the Europeans would be a bit less immune to spacing the same store within eye distance (is that a phrase) of each other; I guess not!

All my Dutch relatives go on holiday about this time, I must admit. But none of them have trailers. HA! You can bet those trailers on the road are immaculate, though. The Dutch love to clean.

I love when Dwight starts off with "Question".
My particular favourite follow-up lines - "Question. My grandparents left me a large number of armoires..."
"Question, did my shoes come off in the plane crash?"

@ Beth S. Unfortunately, REAL Starbucks had been cropping up everywhere in Munich over the past year. I don't know how many we have, but to my knowledge there are at least 5 now.

Hello
I am working in Geneva (Switzerland) and we have here at least 6 or 7 H&M. I was in Berlin last week and guess what? I paid a visit to H&M and found exactly the same goods. Enjoy your vacation and Germany.

I'm in Munich (until September). Karstadt at Karlsplatz has novelty yarns at 1-2Euro a skein. Not that I need any more =/.

Gosh, I love The Office... just that one little mention of Dwight made me laugh hysterically! Definitely check out the British version on DVD! So hilarious!

The Netherlands has a lot of people crammed in a very small area of land, so my educated guess would be that about 2/3's of them are still in the country ^_~.
As for the different H&M's, are they all selling the same things, or are they divided so some concentrate on youth, some on women, some on children and some on men? That's how they do it in the Netherlands at least, because of the limited amount of space available (not like here in the US where most things can get crammed into one large building).

And you should be glad it gets dark at 11pm ^_~. If you'd been in Denmark about a month ago, it wouldn't have gotten semi-dark until around 2 or 3 am!

What's the German media coverage of Bush's neck rub like?

The Office is probably the best show ever -- the only one I'll watch in reruns all year long! The English version was fine, but the American version is 1000 times better. Okay, maybe only 500.

RE: H & M, I'm reminded of the scene in "Best in Show" where the couple describe how they met at two different Starbucks, across the street from each other!

I am so not a Dwight but I say "Question" all the time. HeeHee.

WEY HEY its raining here today, Saturday, in this part of europe (UK).... have a great holiday

In the Netherlands there is always a lot of fun because it is for a lot of people a statusymbol to have a crappy trailer. Mine is bigger as the one of the neighbours.And than they can thake with them a lot of food, so that they don´t have too buy it in their vacationcountry. Soo that they can eat their own patatoes :-)))))
But it also gives you a lot of freedom during your holidays.

Greetings Frea, who doesn't yet have a crappy trailer.

I'm with you, Alison. I thought the U.S. office couldn't be better than the UK version. But I love it too. Have a fun vacay.

So what is the different between the 4 H&Ms? Are they for different demographics? How do you decide which one to shop in???? (I love H&M too)

I don't think it's hard to adjust to the light at night thing, but I guess I am just weird.