Goodbye to John Kelly, a Washington Post journalist who has been blogging about his year in Oxford. This morning he got up very early for a final walk around north Oxford and a farewell blog:

“Behind the tennis courts and behind the back gardens of Osberton Road. The bell in the chapel tower of St. Edwards School chimes 4:30. Charlie and I turn east through the tennis court parking lot. And there, over the chimney pots of North Oxford, is something I haven’t seen in my 10 months here: a sunrise. Partly-cloudy ones are the best, the sun painting the grayish clouds in hues of bright pink and tangerine. I’ve forgotten my camera this morning, so I can’t take a picture. But you can’t capture a sunrise in a photograph. You can’t capture a city in a blog, either. Thanks for watching me try. The next sunrise I see will be in Washington. I promise to blog there, too, and I hope you’ll join me.”