Jonathan Scott
@JScott
English expat in France
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About me
English
Lives in Lyon
Speaks English, some French
Registration: 17 November 2009
About
My expat journey
Lyon, France
To learn french and to absorb the french culture. I want to be a part of and to contribute to France.
Currently unemployed though since my arrival I have worked several short contracts in viticulture, it is a field in which I hope to gain more experience and eventually work in permanently.
Lyon is a beautiful city, architecture, food, culture... It has them all.
Nothing to speak of so far!
Reading, England
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.
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New to Lyon, seeking advice. by JScott
Hello, my name is Jon. I have recently relocated from the UK to Lyon to live with my girlfriend who is native french. The reason for my relocating was that I was unfortunately made redundant from my job in the UK. I decided that as my job was the ...
Hi Tigerlilyb, Many thanks for taking the time to read and respond to my post here on the forum, I do really appreciate it. I believe the information you've supplied is indeed true and it is something I and my girlfriend are looking into currently. ... Read More
New to Lyon, seeking advice.
Hello, my name is Jon. I have recently relocated from the UK to Lyon to live with my girlfriend who is native french. The reason for my relocating was that I was unfortunately made redundant from my job in the UK. I decided that as my job was the ... Read More