Malaga, Spain Day 14/16 Viking Vesta ‘Malta, Morocco and the Mediterranean’ cruise March 26, 2027 #checkthisoffourbucketlist #myvikingjourney #myvikingstory #malaga #spain #vikingvesta Ah yes! Malaga, Spain! The birthplace of Pablo Ruiz Picasso known for co-founding the Cubist movement. But more about Picasso shortly. We arrived bright and early into Malaga, Spain this morning - early enough to catch the sunrise off our balcony overlooking the cruise terminal of Malaga. Ou

Day 12/16 Viking Vesta “Malta, Morocco and the Mediterranean” cruise March 24, 2026 Casablanca, Morocco #vikingvesta #myvikingstory #maltamoroccoandthemediterranean #checkthisoffourbucketlist #casablanca #morocco As yes…Morocco! Another exotic North African port on the Mediterranean! Except our port of call today is Casablanca which meant that we had to sail in the rough Atlantic Ocean overnight to get to the port of Casablanca, which is one of the top 5 busiest container p

Day 10/16 Viking Vesta ‘Malta, Morocco and the Mediterranean’ cruise March 22, 2026, Algiers, Algeria #algiers #algeria #vikingvesta #maltamoroccoandthemediterranean #checkthisoffourbucketlist Algeria! Not a country we had a burning desire to visit, but when it is on the cruise itinerary we figure out what excursion we want to do…and roll with it! Not the nicest sign to welcome us to Algeria, but the country is really not set up for mass tourism. This sign was on the top of

Day 8/16 Viking Vesta. Tunis, Tunisia. Malta, Morocco and the Mediterranean 16 day cruise March 20, 2026 a very special big birthday for me! #vikingvesta #maltamorocooandthemediterranean #myvikingjourney #myvikingstory #checkthisoffourbucketlist I have always wanted to visit Tunisia. Don’t ask me why, because I don’t know why. I visited Morocco in 1997 and since then I have always wanted to visit Tunisia. Maybe because it seemed so exotic in North Africa, away from the bea

Valetta, Malta Day 2 Day 7/16 Viking Vesta, Malta, Morocco and the Mediterranean March 19, 2026 #vikingvesta #viking #checkthisoffourbucketlist #malta #myvikingjourney #myvikingstory Viking Vesta docked in Valetta, Malta Today our back on board time was 3pm. Since we had docked overnight in Valetta, we had another partial day to explore this magical place! It was also nice to know we didn’t have to wake up with an alarm clock for a tour and that we had about a half day to

Day 6 Valetta, Malta Viking Vesta ‘Malta, Morocco and the Mediterraean 16 day cruise from Barcelona to Barcelona #checkthisoffourbucketlist #vikingvesta #myvikingjourney #myvikingstory We woke up this morning to very heavy swells. We really haven’t had very rough seas so far on this cruise. The swells actually woke me up! I noticed we were slowing down because the pilot boat was arriving. Off in the distance we could see the coastline of Valetta, Malta so we knew we were f

Day 4 Viking Vesta ‘Malta, Morocco and the Med’ 16 day cruise Civitavecchia, Italy #vikingvesta #maltamoroccoandthemed #italy #Civitavecchia #rome #checkthisoffourbucketlist We woke up this morning in Civitavecchia, docked next to our sister ship the Viking Mars. The Mars is on a 20 day repositioning cruise which embarked in Ft. Lauderdale and ends in Athens. It was interesting to see the slight differences in the two ships, with the Vesta being a 2025 ship and the Mars bein

Day 3 Viking Vesta ‘Malta, Morocco and the Med’ Cruise from Barcelona to Barcelona Ajaccio, Corsica, France. March 15, 2026 Neither one of us has ever visited Corsica before so we were both quite interested to see what the Island was all about We knew that Napoleon Bonaparte was a native of Corsica but little else did we know about this island that houses 360,000 people. Corsican flag or ‘A Bandera Corsa’ features a black Moor’s head (Testa Mora) with a white bandana on a w