Monday 18th: As the photo above shows, Maltese people are learning to embrace the sun's natural energy. Perhaps it's better to rely on the sun to toast your bread, given the recent woes related to the energy grid.
Tuesday: Speaking of which... those residents worst affected by last weeks blackout are being offered €25 off their bills in compensation for enduring 12 hours straight without electricity.
Wednesday: We are told that 100,000 Maltese travelled abroad between April and June this year. Showing something of an imagination shortfall, most of them visited either Italy or the UK.
Thursday: A tourist managed to leave her bag containing €2,000 and an ipad on a Gozo ferry, but fortunately had it returned to her by a Good Samaritan later that day. I look forward to the day when I will casually hang my euro-stuffed bag on the end of a chair, or chuck it under the table, whilst commuting across the Med.
Friday: PM Joseph Muscat took this increasingly tiresome Ice Bucket Challenge. There is no dignity in politics these days.
Saturday: The Education Ministry here has decreed that no school child is to be left unaccompanied at any time, after a stray 3-year-old was picked up wandering around the streets blubbing. They probably didn't think it through very well though, as now the teacher's union are (somewhat pedantically) asking if they will have to bring the whole class along every time a kid wants to go to the bathroom.
Sunday: A tourist was fined for running around and dancing next to a religious procession whilst wearing a bikini and after stumbling off a 'boat party' a little bit the worse for wear. In case you're thinking of doing the same, it's liable to cost you €150, so probably not worth it.
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