4 days in the Garden City…how lucky are we! This year’s World Veterinary Congress was held a stone’s throw away from Hong Kong and many of our friends from Hong Kong were also able to attend so we knew we were in for a fun week. What we hadn’t expected was the level of fun. I have not laughed so hard in a long time. I feel that when likeminded people are together it is easy to relax and the conversation flows. We are all vets so we never run out of stuff to talk about and yes, it may be mainly work related, but it reminds us that we are all in this wonderful yet stressful profession together, and thus never truly alone even if it may feel that way sometimes.