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Hello/Bonjour, My name is Jon Scott, I am a 31 year old boy (I still haven't quite grown out of toys) and I have recently moved from Berkshire, England to Lyon, France. I have moved over here to be with my girlfriend Aurelia. We have been together for 3 1/2 years and living together in England for the last 15 months. Aurelia has returned to France to continue her studies to become a teacher and after a short time in England alone I have now joined her here in Lyon. The move over here is somewhat a leap of faith as I currently do not speak French and have no job to move into but I know it is worth it just so Aurelia & I can be together, the rest I hope will fall into place given time. I have joined the Expat blog to hopefully get some advice from others who have made a similar jump and possibly meet some fellow Expats in Lyon. Thank you/Merci beaucoup in advance to those of you who can provide me with any assistance. Jon Scott
Miembro desde el 17 Noviembre 2009.
Experiencia de expatriado
To learn french and to absorb the french culture. I want to be a part of and to contribute to France.
Lyon is a beautiful city, architecture, food, culture... It has them all.
Nothing to speak of so far!
It is hard to be subjective about the area in which I grew up... Reading has an extremely vibrant nightlife scene with many bars, pubs and restaurants. It is a central rail hub for the south east of England too which means you can get to most places directly from there, you can be in London within 25 minutes which provides excellent opportunities for days out etc.
Reading is a big town that fancies itself as a city but doesn't really offer the city experience. There is no real/pure live music venue that regularly stages live gigs apart from a few pubs that regularly stage music events. There is a distinct lack of independent shopping to do in Reading, the main high street houses the same shops you would find in any big town in England as do the shopping centres there too. It doesn't really feel like at any point you might be finding anything unique which is a shame. A result of the 'vibrant' night life in Reading is that it suffers from the age old problem of many British towns & cities of drink fueled trouble. On a weekend night out in town you would be hard pushed to walk through the centre of Reading and not see a some kind of going on, a scuffle or perhaps if you are unlucky possibly worst. It's enough to make you want to stay in. It has gotten much better in recent years and I hope it will continue on that way and all the development currently going on there suggests it will but currently it offers too little cultural style events. UPDATE - Typically since my departure there are now real and regular opportunities for live music in Reading, a venue called Sub89 has live shows and a wide variety of styles of music, about time too.
