I dag 21. desember var det minnestund for Takis, 
også nå i den vakre Agios Nikolaos kirken!
Kirken var full av venner fra mange nasjoner. 
Det er snart 40 dager siden han døde fra oss så tragisk.
På grunn av den kommende helgen ble minnestunden flyttet litt fremover.

En forferdelig ulykke 14. november og Takis er død! Han ble begravet den 15. 
her på Øen!
Jeg har blitt fortalt; De var ute og plukket oliven, han sto på en stige for å plukke oliven, pluttselig falt han ned og noe traff ham så han ble hardt skadet inni seg!
De fikk ham til Helsesenteret hvor de gjorde alt de kunne for å redde ham, mens de ventet på helikopteret, men dessverre det var for sent! Han fylte nettopp 55 år,altfor ung til å dø!

Jeg sendte en bukett til kisten hvor det sto på engelsk at den var fra alle hans norske venner!

Vi føler med Sophie og resten av familien!

(Takis & Sophie eier Del Sol, hvor de har leiligheter, studios og rom til leie, tennisbane, svømmebasseng og en herlig taverna hvor de arrangerte Greek Night m.m. Det ligger på strandpromenaden på vei mot klostrene.)

Hvis du vil skrive noe til minne om Takis, setter jeg det gjerne inn her!

Today the 21st of December it was a memorial service for Takis, this time also in the beautiful church of Agios Nikolaos. The church was full of friends from all over the world. It is soon 40 days since he died so tragically!
Due to the coming holidays the memory service was moved a bit earlier.

A terrible accident the 14th of November and Takis is dead! He was berried here on the 15th here on the island!
I have been told; They were out picking olives, Takis on a ladder picking olives, suddenly he fell down on something and he was badly hurt inside.
They took him to the Health Center where they did everything to try to save him while they were waiting for the helicopter,
but it was to late!
He just became 55 years old,
- much too young to leave!

Our thoughts are with Sophie and the family!

(Takis and Sophie has Del Sol, where they have apartments, studios and rooms for rent, tennis, swimming pool and a lovely taverna where they arranged Greek Nights and more. It is situated on the waterfront on they way up to the monasteries.)

If you like to write something here in the memory of Takis, please mail it to me and I put it up!

Takis

When I opened Skopelitissa today, I was met by the very sad message about Takis not being with us any longer. My immediate reaction was ”NO”, which I expressed in a loud voice, as if I was talking to the computer and perhaps thinking I could change what had happened.

Last summer was the third time Takis was my host at Del Sol, where I stayed in one of his cosy studios. How could I ever have dreamt of that week in May being the very last time to meet him?

The lovely photo of a smiling Takis dressed in a paint-stained overall – probably just taking a short break – will help me remember this fantastic man. He really made you feel welcome and took good care of his guests together with his charming wife Sophie, to whom I send my warmest thoughts tonight.

There are so many questions that will not get any proper answers on a day like this. Time stops - in a way - and leaves you behind with thoughts, dreams and different kinds of worries. Why???

Takis will be remembered by so many friends. I am just one of them all…

                   Christina from Northern Sweden

From Scotland;
Message: The news about Takis has hit all his friends in Scotland like a thunderbolt. My family, especially the children Sarah and Christopher, are devastated by the news of his death.Takis was such a warm and kind man that the children just loved his company as did we all. Who can forget his laugh, that laugh that started everyone laughing along with that smile that lit up his whole face.
This year he had a new nickname for me when he saw me being taught in the pool how to snorkel. "Ah" he said "Bobby Bond 006 and a half is going on a mission" and then that wonderful laugh. Oh how I will miss that laugh.

We have been staying with Takis and Sophie for several years now, having first been introduced to Delsol by Laskarina. WE are already booked for next year. Skopelos will not be the same ever again. Takis was larger than life and he was always a part of our holiday that can never be replaced.We all loved him so much and I cannot understand why he has been taken from us.

My heart goes out to Sophie and the family. We are all thinking of you and will support you in any way we can.

Takis, We will miss you Big Man.

Bob,Veronica,Sarah,Christopher

More from Scotland;

What a tragedy!  

It is only a few weeks since we were with him and Sophie for their last week of business this year.  He was in good form as he looked forward to a rest and a visit to see his brother in Dubai in January.

He took his signs at the front gate entrance in for the last time before he gave us a lift to the port.  He then stayed with us until the ferry-boat came in and helped us on to the boat with our luggage before leaving us with a big hug and a promise to get together when we next visit at Easter. 

There are many people we know from Edinburgh, the rest of the UK, America and around Europe who knew him well and are hugely upset by his passing.  And there will be many others we don't know.  Only last night we found that the chef in the restaurant we were eating in knew him!

All who knew him would know he had strong opinions and liked to discuss them.  That is how so many people came into conversation with him.  But he had a great sense of fun and a unique laugh that we can hear now.  We will remember too, with a big smile on his face, his "bonjourno" greeting when we met him in the mornings.  But more than anything we will remember him as one of the kindest and most caring human beings you could meet.  We will always have many wonderful memories of him and we feel privileged to have known him and been able to call him a friend.  

To die so young is sad but to be taken by such an accident seems so unfair.  Words are very difficult but all our thoughts are with Sophie and the rest of the family. 

Skopelos will be an emptier place without him.

We do have this rather good photo of Takis & Sophie taken in July this year.  If you want to use it on Skopelitissa please do.

from John & Kath Robertson
Edinburgh

 

Til minde om Takis

Hvis nogen var min ven ... Nej, hvis nogen var VORES ven, så var det Takis. I de 10 år jeg har holdt ferie på Skopelos, har DelSol, Takis og Sofia været mit faste holdepunkt. Her mødte jeg andre mennesker, andre nationaliteter. Først var vi fremmede, så blev vi venner … med Takis hjælp.

Takis var en bjørn. Først troede jeg faktisk også, at han gik i hi om vinteren. Det gjorde han ikke. For eksempel stod der sidste år et flot nyt hus, med nye værelser, som han havde bygget. Han sov ikke om vinteren, han var flittig.

Men en bjørn det var han. Han brummede. Enten af tilfredshed eller af utilfredshed. Jeg husker en sommer, hvor han ikke snakkede til mig i to uger. Først året efter fik jeg at vide, at Takis var holdt om med at ryge. Og så gik det ud over os, der kendte ham godt. Gu’ske lov begyndte han igen ;-)

Jeg husker også når Takis var på toppen. Det var særligt lørdag aften, når der var 60’ fest. Han elskede musikken og dansen til netop den musik. Jeg har set ham danse, noget jeg ikke troede var muligt.

Vi er mange, der vil savne ham. Selvfølgelig mest os, der har vores gang på DelSol. Vi græder med Sofia…

Skopelos bliver aldrig det samme. Som en veninde sagde til mig, da jeg fortalte hende at Takis var død: Det er muligt at jeg ikke kan huske, hvordan han så ud, men jeg vil altid huske hans latter.

Takis var et godt og hjælpsomt menneske, som ikke vil blive glemt.

Takis, vi vil altid savne dig.

 Mette Marianne Hvid

 

In memory of Takis  

If anybody was my friend… No, if anybody was OUR friend, it was Takis. In the past 10 years when I have had a vacation on Skopelos. DelSol, Takis and Sofia have been my safe base. I have met people, other nationalities. First we were strangers, and then we became friends …, with the help of Takis.

Takis was a bear. First I thought he hibernated in the winter. But he didn’t. E.g. last summer there was a very new house on the ground, with very lovely new rooms. Takis build it. He didn’t sleep in the winter. He was hard-working.

But a bear he was. A growling bear. Either of satisfaction or the opposite. I remember a summer couple of years ago. He didn’t talk to me for two weeks. The year after, I learned that he stopped smoking. Thanks God, he started again, and he started talking to me.

I also remember the evenings when Takis was in a very good mood. It was Saturday evenings when the 60’ party was going on. He loved the music and the dance to this music particularly. I have seen him dance …  

We are many people, who will miss him deeply. Especially us, who visit DelSol every summer. We are crying with Sofia …  

Skopelos will never be the same. As a friend of mine said: “It is possible that I can’t remember what he looked like, but I will always remember his laughter”.

Takis was a good person and always ready to help. We will never forget him.

Takis, we will always miss you.

 Mette Marianne Hvid