The Big Smoke

The Big Smoke:

7.754 million city area population,

12.58 million metro area population,

412,000 students,

8000 buses,

700 bus routes,

(over) 300 languages spoken,

270 underground stations, 

250 miles of tracks,

58.7% are christians,

43 universities,

40 theatres,

31% of population is foreign-born,

(generates) 30% of UK's Gross Domestic Product (GDP),

10.6 mph is an average speed of car in rush hour,

8 airports,

3 summer olympics hosted historically (as for 2012).

I couldn't be more excited than being here for 3 months to explore it's vast potential of this multicultural, historical, postmodern and ultra-technological city. And on the other side, to accelerate my understanding of the patterns of suspicious behaviors in ports and airports.

London Blog starts today!