Ua hala aku ke poʻo o ka hui huakaʻi huakaʻi no ETOA, ʻo Nick Greenfield, i ke kakahiaka o ka Lāpule, Iune 10, 2018. Ua hakakā ʻo Nick me ka wiwo ʻole i ka maʻi kanesa no 8 mau makahiki lōʻihi, i ka manawa a pau e hoʻomau i ka hana no ka hui huakaʻi ʻEulopa.

Ma hope o ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana no kekahi mau makahiki, ua hui pū ʻo Nick i ka ETOA piha i ka makahiki 2010 ma ke ʻano he Poʻo o ka Tour Operator Relations. Ma hope o kona holo ʻana i ke keʻena ʻo Lākana no NETC, ua loaʻa iā Nick ka ʻike o nā hana a ua hana pū ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he alakaʻi huakaʻi. ʻO ke alakaʻi ʻana he makemake mau; ua hoʻi ʻo ia ma ke alanui i hoʻokahi manawa i ka makahiki.

Ua hoʻohui ʻo Nick i ka pōloli no ka moʻomeheu me ka makemake e kaʻana like i kona ʻike. Hoʻomaka kēia mai nā hōʻike ma ka Sienese Trecento i ka hoʻolālā ʻana i nā pāʻani e hoʻohauʻoli i nā keiki kula ʻAmelika ma Louvre. Ua ʻike ʻo ia i kāna kumuhana: ʻaʻohe ʻāina ma ʻEulopa āna i kipa ʻole ai a hoʻomaopopo. I Italia, kona aloha mua, ʻaʻohe panalāʻau āna i ʻike ʻole ai. He kanaka akamai i ka ʻōlelo. Ma Palani, Kelemānia, ʻItalia, Paniolo, Flemish, Kroasia a me Slovenian ua piha ʻo ia i ka maʻalahi "ʻAʻole wau" ua ʻae ʻo ia i kahi Belgian kahaha "he kanaka Pelekane maʻamau."

Ua ʻoluʻolu ʻo Nick i kēia: ʻo kāna mau hiʻohiʻona i ʻike ʻia he makemake i ka haʻuki a me ka nui o nā ʻakaʻaka.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Tom Jenkins, Luna Hoʻokele: "Ua nalowale ka ʻoihana i kahi mine o ka ʻike a he mea pale paʻa i kāna mau makemake. Ua nalowale kāna mau hoaaloha a me kāna mau hoa hana i kahi hoa maikaʻi a mālie. "