Samothraki Again 3



Well, you are obviously not interested in our holiday in Greece and you will want to know what has been happening with Napoleon the Great. Austerlitz, Jena and Friedland were crushing victories, but Eylau and Wagram were not. Napoleon was in the habit of producing a lot of "fake news" after his battles, minimizing French losses and exaggerating the number of enemy soldiers killed, wounded and captured. Other indications of a victory were the numbers of guns and standards captured. Napoleon could also be a bit imaginative with those as well. Anyway, he has now divorced Josephine and married Marie-Louise of Austria, He is also preparing for his invasion of Russia in 1812.
 

Archondissa Beach Hotel is rather lovely. Quite a few of the guests seem to have been here before. As well as Greeks, Bulgarians and Romanians, there are also some French. There is not a lot to do here, apart from swimming, taking Tina for a walk and sunbathing. After Fonias Gorge, we went to another place with a stream and a few rockpools, but it was not as nice as Fonias. Perhaps we arrived too late in the morning, as there were already quite a few other people there.

As for food, we eat on the balcony of our apartment. The kitchen is small, but it has just about all of the things we need. Perhaps we will go to a local restaurant before we leave on Tuesday, as there is an eatery that is rumoured to serve the best roasted goat in all of Greece, 

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