Last season's top scorer Nicky Forster is relishing the opportunity to be playing two friendlies abroad having spent his whole career to date doing the statutory pre season work in England.
The former England U21 international, who wears the Royals' number ten shirt, told Reading World: "I've had pre season tours in England before, but never one abroad, so in ten years of football this is the first one.
"It's a bit different - the conditions, the teams, the style of football we'll play should mae it interesting".
Forster, who scored eighteen goals helping the Royals to second in the league last season, has been in fine pre season form, notching up four goals in just three games.