If you don’t want to miss my upcoming articles make sure to subscribe to them HERE. Ole!ĭid a homo sapiens forward this article to you? Given that only 22 Spaniards ran the 10K, the chances of running into Pablo were 1 in 2 million. D A F A F I remember, too, a distant bell, and stars that fell B7 E E7 E Like the rain out of the blue-ooh-ooh-ooh-hoo-hoo-hoo A G When my life is through, A A7 D and the angels ask me to recall Dm A The thrill of them all A7 A Bm E A Bm E E7 Then I will tell them I remember you-ooh D A F A F I remember, too, a distant bell, and stars that. The chances of running into him are actually a lot lower than running into Björk. I happened to run into him (and with him) at the Reykjavik Marathon last Saturday. P.4: Shout out to Grumo Course Creation Challenger, Pablo Franzo.
P.3: Björk may have been comfortable showing up at the pool because no cameras or smartphones were allowed inside. Ridiculously long and unpronounceable names of towns and things. Friendly people with a weird sense of humor. P.2: My impression of Iceland so far in one sentence: A bit of ice, a lot of (empty) beautiful volcanic barren land. There 332,529 Icelanders, about 50 of them were at the thermal pool so there was a 1 in 6,650 chance of Björk being in that group. P.S: What are the chances of meeting Björk in Iceland? actually pretty high due to the small population of Iceland. The most famous person in Iceland mingling with regular citizens on a $10 per person public pool, how cool is that? Have you ever run into a famous person at a totally unexpected place? As in other Nordic countries, equality between the sexes is very high Iceland is consistently ranked among the top three countries in the world for women to live in.”Īt any rate, running into Björk was a pleasant surprise. Everyone is addressed by their first name. The constitution explicitly prohibits the enactment of noble privileges, titles, and ranks. “Egalitarianism is highly valued among the people of Iceland, with income inequality being among the lowest in the world. Or maybe because that’s how Icelandic people roll? Maybe is because she is not as popular as she used to be?ĭefinitely not compared to the current stars in the music scene. No one panicked, no one asked for an autograph. What happened when the most famous Icelandic female singer of the last 4 decades showed up? But thank you and I’m a big fan!”Īs a teenager growing up in Spain, I remember Björk looking like this…Īt the pool last Sunday, she looked more like this… I said: “Sorry Björk, I rather eat Maria cookies tonight. Viltu hafa nokkrar hefðbundnar íslenskir sviðsmatar með mér í kvöld? “
… she looked at me and she said to me in perfect unintelligible Icelandic: “Miguel, ég keypti kynningu myndskeiðið þitt og þú lítur út eins og Robert Downey Junior. She sat a mere 20 feet away from where my wife and I were warming up our butts. Björk came accompanied by friend and holding a plastic water bottle. Last Sunday, at around 7:30pm, the Icelandic celebrity singer showed up at the same public outdoor geothermal pool we were. My first time at an Icelandic thermal pool in Reykjavik.ījörk is probably the most famous Icelandic person.