Mandali Kournas

Mandali Kournas The e-shop Mandali is closed now Also, art made by local artists and Cretan natural products made by small local businesses you will find here.

At "Mandali" you can taste and buy local products, like olive oil, honey, olives, wine, raki, raki with coffee, with honey or with lemon. Gift cards, unique "glass, and shells Jewellery" and colliers made from "Tagua" are waiting for you. With the "Walking books", hiking- and roadmaps and information about the area and Crete, in general, we will try to make your stay on Crete unforgettable. When y

ou visit the village Kournas, don't forget to pass by Mandali for the free map of the village. With this map, you can take a stroll through the small, traditional village and experience the all-day life on Crete. During the winter months will Mandali be closed, but we still make the botanical walks. I am available via Facebook or e-mail.

Veel lezers van de nieuwsbrief hebben het al gelezen: Mandali is gesloten. Ik ga, samen met Arno, de ezels en hond Ari g...
04/06/2025

Veel lezers van de nieuwsbrief hebben het al gelezen: Mandali is gesloten. Ik ga, samen met Arno, de ezels en hond Ari genieten van mijn pensioen. Dat betekent niet dat we gaan luieren. We blijven wandelen om kruiden te zoeken en we blijven ook met de ezels wandelingen maken.
De maandelijkse wandelingen blijven ook bestaan. Alleen niet meer bedrijfsmatig, maar privé. Dit betekent dat we alleen nog de maandelijkse ezelwandelingen gaan aankondigen en niet meer promoten.
Iedereen die ons kent, die al eens een ezelwandeling heeft gemaakt en dit nog eens wil doen, is welkom en kan ons schrijven of bellen, maar we gaan het niet meer actief promoten.

Ik wil iedereen, die op een of andere manier betrokken was bij onze winkel Mandali, heel erg bedanken voor het vertrouwen, voor de aankopen, de bestellingen, de feed-back, de hulp, het meedenken en meeleven, de vele attenties en kadootjes, de gulle giften voor het dorp en voor de ezels, de bezoekjes en gesprekken, de lieve reacties op de nieuwsbrieven en nog veel meer. Ik ga het zeker missen. Het waren leuke, leerzame en gezellige jaren en jij hebt daaraan bijgedragen. Zonder Arno had ik het echt niet gekund, dus hij deelt ook mee in deze dankwoorden. Ik schrijf ook namens hem: “Bedankt en graag tot ziens.”

Wil je de laatste Mandali Mail nog even lezen? Hier is de link: https://barbara-mandali-kournas.email-provider.eu/web/itkalvjlbq/1lcm0lljsh

Viele Leser des Newsletters haben es schon gelesen: Mandali ist geschlossen. Ich werde zusammen mit Arno, den Eseln und Hund Ari meinen Ruhestand genießen. Das heißt aber nicht, dass wir faulenzen werden. Wir werden weiterhin wandern gehen, um Kräuter zu suchen, und wir werden auch weiterhin Wanderungen mit den Eseln machen.
Auch die monatlichen Wanderungen mit Eseln bleiben bestehen. Nur nicht mehr geschäftlich, sondern privat. Das heißt, wir werden nur noch die monatlichen Wanderungen ankündigen und keine Werbung machen.

Jeder, der uns kennt, der schon einmal einen Eselswanderung gemacht hat und es wieder tun möchte, ist willkommen und kann uns schreiben oder anrufen, aber wir werden nicht mehr aktiv dafür werben.

Ich möchte mich bei allen, die auf die eine oder andere Weise mit unserem Laden Mandali zu tun hatten, ganz herzlich bedanken für das Vertrauen, für die Einkäufe, die Bestellungen, die Rückmeldungen, die Hilfe, das Mitdenken und Mitfühlen, die vielen Aufmerksamkeiten und Geschenke, die großzügigen Spenden für das Dorf und für die Esel, die Besuche und Gespräche, die lieben Reaktionen auf die Rundbriefe und vieles mehr. Ich werde sie sicherlich vermissen. Es waren lustige, lehrreiche und angenehme Jahre, und Sie haben dazu beigetragen. Ohne Arno hätte ich es wirklich nicht geschafft, also schließt er sich diesen Dankesworten ebenfalls an. Ich schreibe auch in seinem Namen: „Vielen Dank und hoffentlich sehen wir uns wieder.“

Sie wollen die letzte Mandali-Post lesen? Hier ist der Link: https://barbara-mandali-kournas.email-provider.eu/web/itkalvjlbq/zth3netd2q

Many readers of the newsletter have already read it: Mandali is closed. I, along with Arno, the donkeys and dog Ari are going to enjoy my retirement. That doesn't mean we will be lazing around. We will keep walking to look for herbs and we will also keep taking walks with the donkeys.
The monthly walks also remain. Just no longer corporate, but private. This means we will only be announcing the monthly donkey walks, not promoting.
Anyone who knows us, who has done a donkey walk before and would like to do it again, is welcome and can write or call us, but we will no longer actively promote it.

I want to thank everyone, who has been involved in one way or another with our shop Mandali, very much for the trust, for the purchases, the orders, the feed-back, the help, the thinking along and empathy, the many attentions and presents, the generous donations for the village and for the donkeys, the visits and conversations, the sweet responses to the newsletters and much more. I will certainly miss it. They were fun, educational and enjoyable years and you contributed to that. I really couldn't have done it without Arno, so he also shares in these words of thanks. I also write on his behalf, ‘Thank you and hope to see you again.’

Want to read the latest Mandali Mail? Here is the link: https://barbara-mandali-kournas.email-provider.eu/web/itkalvjlbq/agfqnajbst

It is the time of the year to harvest some nettle. I dried it and then grinded it to powder. Now I can use it in our mea...
19/05/2025

It is the time of the year to harvest some nettle. I dried it and then grinded it to powder. Now I can use it in our meals for extra minerals and for the donkeys I mix it in their salt. It is a pity you can't smell it. This realy smells "green"

When I entered the field I only saw Eos and Popy. Where are Cleo and Zoë? Not on the field, not in the stable... They ju...
11/05/2025

When I entered the field I only saw Eos and Popy. Where are Cleo and Zoë? Not on the field, not in the stable... They jumped over the chairs that closed the green field from the neigbours and were eating, eating and eating. I don't know for how long, but when they returned to their own field they first wanted to roll with their thick belly in the sand. So, today they don't need fresh greens and we have to fix the fence.
Popy did not escape to the green field, but when she sees a donkey rolling, she also has to roll!

Today I saw the first St. Johns worth flowers blooming. I never saw them so early in the year.
05/05/2025

Today I saw the first St. Johns worth flowers blooming. I never saw them so early in the year.

01/05/2025
We had a lovely "Kingswalk" with our 4 donkeys and the colours orange, red, white and blue were present. Even the donkey...
27/04/2025

We had a lovely "Kingswalk" with our 4 donkeys and the colours orange, red, white and blue were present. Even the donkeys were dressed up in orange. Thank you all for joining us and hope to see you at our next walks.
PS And thanks for the lovely pictures

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Mandali, olive oil and more

At "Mandali" you can taste and buy local products from Crete, like olive oil, honey, olives, wine, raki, raki with coffee, with honey or with lemon. Also, art made by local artists and Cretan natural products made by small local businesses you will find here. Gift cards, unique "glass, and shells jewelry" and colliers made from "Tagua" are waiting for you. With the "walking books", hiking- and roadmaps and information about the area and Crete, in general, we will try to make your stay on Crete unforgettable. Mandali is also the starting point of the Botanical Walks with donkeys. In summer we make the walks several times a week and now in wintertime we make short and longer walks with the donkeys on request. So please call, or write me if you are interested in an easy walk in the area of Kournas. During the winter months will Mandali be closed. If you have questions you always can write me, I am available via Facebook or e-mail.