Malta ABC

Todays letter is N like in NOT A PLACE FOR A SHOPAHOLIC (or for any kind of shopping really).


Malta is an interesting country, but if someone say that you should go here and do some shopping. Dont. These are the reasons why.

1. It is impossible to find where the shops are located. Ok, there are two city centers (Valetta and Sliema) where you can find between 3-5 shops located at the same place. The other stores are located at strange places - upon mountains, down in valleys, behind strange corners, probably in caves. And they are as far from eachother that they virtually can be on a small island like Malta.
2. They are never open.  Some of them open maybe at 8, but the close again for siesta maybe around 1 if you are lucky. If you are not lucky, the close at 10, or whatever time the shop owner feels like it. And then they open again, like in whenever. But not after 7 in the night, and forget to go shopping at sundays. It is a freaking mircule actually that anyone can buy any kind of food in Malta, because the shops and even the food stores are always closed at normal hours.
3. IF you find a shop, and IF they are open, they dont have what you want. On saturday, I had a desperate hung over-craving for pizza. I walked around for almost an hour before I found a pizzeria that was open. I went inside and the following scenario took place:
   - Hi, I would like to see the pizza menu please.
   - No, we dont have pizza.
   - What? But you are a pizzeria right?
   - Yes.
   - But you dont have pizza?
   - No.
   - Why dont you have any pizza?
   - Why you come here at 2 o´clock in the afternoon on a saturday and think that we have pizza?
   - Eh, because you know, you are a pizza place?!
   - No. We already said we have no pizza. I can give you meat pie instead. Very good.
   - No thank you.

So yes, Malta I like you, but WTF, please give me pizza, not some strange meat pie!