oudmayer Even though I have been working on the site for almost fifteen years now, it is still very much work in progress. Here you’ll find what’s new on theonearmedcarb.com (and when I added it). In September 2026 I switched to a new theme for the site, so it will look different from what you were … Read more
this is the third and last part of a series of entries on the Ruhrgebiet in Germany, the first can be accessed here, and for the second click here. Hansa Kokerei, Dortmund When it comes to rust buckets, one could do worse than visiting the Hansa Kokerei, described as one of the most atmospheric and … Read more
(this is the second of three entries on the German Ruhrgebiet, click here for the first one) Prosper Haniel & Halde Haniël, Bottrop The terrain of the Prosper Haniel mine is not accessible, we are being send back by the guard. But the neighbouring waste mountain, Halde Haniel, can be climbed – well, climbing is … Read more
The Ruhrgebiet (Ruhr region) is one of Europe’s largest urban agglomerations, covering towns like Essen, Dortmund, Bochum, and Duisburg. The discovery of easily accessible coal seams in the early 1800’s was pivotal in transforming it into Germany’s industrial heartland. The mines provided the coal, which was turned into cokes needed for iron and steel production. … Read more
In a busy, rush-hour Paris Metro I had my telephone stolen. Pickpocketed. Precisely that what they warn you for, time and again, in the busy Paris metro. This is already bad enough, but what happens to you afterwards, you don’t want to know. We were on our way to friends, and luckily, with my wife’s … Read more
This post doesn’t really belong to this website, which is mostly about traveling to less predictable destinations, either far away, not so often visited, challenging to get to and/or non-touristic. All of that does not apply to Paris, in France. But I also do include the occasional museum, and quite a few of our travels … Read more
By far the best museum in the country when it comes to antiquities is the Museo Nacional de Antropologia in Mexico City. To do justice to the museum, you will need more than one day, which we didn’t, of course. There is a vast collection of artefacts of superior quality and aesthetics – compared to … Read more
Obviously, just the few pictures in the Mexico City (2) entry are not going to be enough to demonstrate the beauty of the work of Mexico’s muralists, the painters who are responsible for the many large frescoes in several public places. From the early 1920s onwards the big three, Diego Rivera, Jose Clemente Orozco and … Read more
And then, suddenly, everything works. On our last day, we once again focussed on the murals, but this time in the museums. The most impressive collection is inside the Palacio de Bellas Artes, a building that in itself deserves a visit, because of its exquisite architecture as well as its Art Nouveau inside, an enormous … Read more
It is not that we weren’t prepared. I had read extensively on where in Mexico City we could find the murals of Rivera, Orozco and Siqueiros, and what needed to be done to visit them. Not all of them are in museums, some of the most famous ones are in the National Palace – where … Read more