to go or not to go

once  again, hubby and his team are granted an incentive trip for having reached their target for the year 2011. destination: moscow, russia. and once again, we are thinking if i should go with him or not.

travelling is our guilty pleasure. it is what we love to do. we also consider it as our time alone together. sure we have our weekly dates and coffee/beer/mojito nights, but it is different when we are together in a different place. together we discover the place, culture and people. we also discover (or re-discover) each other. we learn from the experience. we learn from each other. it's a different kind of connection and of feeling and we both love it.

so why think twice and not just go, right? well, of course, going to moscow is not that cheap. well, travelling isn't cheap. guilty pleasure nga e! being the housewife and mom that i am, i am worried about the finances. on the other hand, this is an opportunity that not might come again. meaning, there might not be incentive trips anymore; or that sending 2 kids to school will totally hinder this guilty pleasure for a looooong time; or that moscow isn't just a place that would come to mind when you think of a destination for travel. besides, if i go, we'll just have to come up with my own travel finances since the company will be paying for hubby's fare with a little pocket money. so it's like 50% off on a travel to moscow!! pretty tempting, huh? haaay, if only i won the lotto.

it really might be so nice to visit this rich country

ivan the great. [photo borrowed from lonelyplanet.com]

st. basil's cathedral [photo borrowed from lonelyplanet.com]

if not now, i hope someday. if not here, then perhaps somewhere better.