Every time you have, you go out, you have to print a piece of paper and sign it yourself

and, like, write where you're going, what time you're going, and why you're going there.

And then if the police stop you, they can ask for it.

And the police have been, like, checking your grocery store receipts so that you're not walking around groceries just in the middle of nowhere

that you bought like five days ago because that's what people do apparently.

Hello there, my friends.

Welcome to another episode of King of the Ride podcast.

I am Ted King. I'm excited to have Tom's Scoins on the Ride podcast. I am Ted King.

I'm excited to have Tom's Scoins on the show today.

Professional cyclists, a total fan favorite,

especially earning worldwide support while wearing the KOM jersey for five

very impressive stages of the 2018 Tour to France.

He's also won three mighty damn impressive stages of the tour of California.

Plus, and I love this, the fact that he is known for potatoes.

And I quote, it's like other vegetables aren't even trying.

Well said, Tom's.

Just wait, we've got plenty in store with this one.

I caught up with Tom's, who is holding down the fort at his apartment in Gerona.

Tom's is Latvian.

While I generally feel confident in knowing my world geography, I had to punch Latvia

into the Google machine to find out more about his native land.

So there he is in Gerona, and in this conversation, he's able to explain to us, to our largely North American audience, what life is like in Europe these days.

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