Why Transport in Malta is Messed Up.

 If you visited Malta more than 3 years ago, chances are you took one of those old rattling yellow buses which are still memorialized in the form of plaster souvenirs all over the island.  You may have enjoyed the novelty, but would not have relished relying on those aging, stiflingly heated hunks of metal to meet your daily commuting needs.

Arriva took over in the middle of summer 2011 with bright and shiny buses imported from Sweden and London.    The bright and shiny buses proceeded to burst into flames just about as soon as they were introduced to the unforgiving Maltese weather.  That's if they turned up at the right time, or at all.  Safe to say that Arriva did not always live up to it's name.

All this is a rather lengthy way of saying that people don't much like taking buses in this country.  Particularly the Maltese people - tourists often don't have much of a choice.  

American Football in Malta

The superbowl was on last night, which for those of you who are somehow unaware of the fact, is the grand final of the American football season.  Unfortunately, it is not available on TV over here unless you have a satellite and can hook up to Italian Sky TV.  Melita used to broadcast NFL via ESPN, but that channel has bitten the dust and so Malta is now in the minority of countries in the world where you cannot follow the gridiron action.  Let's get this sorted out for next season Melita - there are enough NFL, baseball and basketball fans on the island to make it worth your while to provide a sports channel for us.