Reading Roars!

And here’s another newish (started in April 2007) Reading blog: Ticking to a Different Tock.  It’s hugely entertaining, detailing the

experiences of an American expat making the transition from Washington, D.C., to Reading, England.

These experiences and observations have included our wonderful NHS, local graffiti, English eccentricities (hot dogs in a can, for example, and, er, morris dancers) and the Sunday papers.  Here’s an excerpt:

What was most interesting to me, however, was what I found in the Town Hall. It’s more than just a place for meetings or paying your water bill, like it is in many U.S. cities. There was a museum, a gift shop, a concert hall, a cafe and a BAR! That’s right, a BAR (the 3Bs Cafe Bar, to be exact)! I thought this was great, and a real sign of the differences between U.S. and English culture. In the U.S., it would be scandalous to have a bar at a city or town government building. A few vocal, annoying people would start shouting about how the bar was somehow setting a bad example for children and somehow fueling alcoholism in general. It just wouldn’t be done. Here, it’s no biggie.

Welcome to Britain

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