What is reading week?

This week is one of this little treasures in life, it is a week without deadlines, meetings, classes, or anything that you have to do type stuff. In England all the schools have a week off after 6 weeks on, so this is week to catch up on reading, writing our papers, seeing people and enjoying our time here. During this week we have spent a day in Oxford, we talked to a drunk man who questioned us about Rebecca's North Alabama sweatshirt he couldn't believe how many univeristies there were in America and wanted to know where North Alabama was at. After chatting with him for a while we continued on past some buildings that have housed learning since 1300 and proceeded walking next to the River Cherwell where a family of swans, dad then 6 babies and mom swam near us, then dad got out of the river stood in the path and signaled for the rest of family to come across the road to a little swamp area, this whole procession took about 10-15 minutes, but again it is reading week so why not take in that show? We then hung at Starbucks for a while, again it is reading so why hang for a while? Yes we have worked on a paper that we have due on Tuesday, and I have read quite a bit as well. I have also walked my feet off it seems, two days ago I figured it to be about 6 miles, maybe more than that even I was counting conservatily (spelling?) and then yesterday probably another 6 miles maybe not that much but who cares that is alot anyway. A question that I brought up yesterday while my feet ached was why there could not be more moss covering blacktop. There are a couple of spots on our walk to school where moss liberally covers the walk and as Rebecca put it "moss is like nature's carpet" to which I responded then why hasn't more been laid down. Anyway I will continue to walk, read, and hang out this week, and then get back to the day to day next week. Take care, and if you see moss on the walk, due take the time to stroll on it, and think of a plush natural carpet