On the sea day there are some great enrichment experiences offered on Oceania. After breakfast we head to the Artists Loft for a lesson and practice in creative design imagery with Artist in residence, Kris Smith. 

The guest enrichment speaker hosted a talk on Amalfi. History lecture. Started as a vacation site a few thousand years ago. There are stories (myth?) about sailors being fearful of Siren song. Several plagues. Takeovers. Big sea storms. This area became important for Trade. Paper production was very important due to being near water from mountain (used in paper production). There remains a paper museum in Amalfi. I remember years ago buying paper here. Then writers came and wrote stories of the area promoting popularity and eventually movies were made in the region. 

Another area he talked about was Syracuse.   In the area was built a Temple of Apollo. On island of Sicily. Ancient Greeks were in this area at one time. 

We watched Culinary  programming. Jacques Pepin. SaraMoulton.com.

A very slow day, high winds at times. The air is still hot hot as we head to Naples. We can see land now as early evening starts. Beautiful lights and night sky.