Coming from a country which bans concepts like happy hour, I was always fascinated by the fact duty free shops in the UK serve proper cocktails for free at all times of the day. I was going to Brussels for an important meeting with one of the world’s biggest companies. As I got out of the shower, our incredibly cute kitten decided to announce his protest to daddy leaving by shitting in the bed. I managed to save the duvet, but I no longer had plenty of time. Arriving at T5 around 8, on my way to getting a bacon butty, I was offered a cocktail by a very charming guy. I ended up having two, no bacon butty but managed to secure the contract. Moral of the story: don’t drink on an empty stomach, and even the cutest kittens are manipulative %}]*.