The port city of Liepāja is the music capital and beachfront getaway for Latvians. Latvia won the Eurovision competition in 2002. In Liepāja, you can't miss the 1st Latvian Rock Cafe and the Musician's Walk of Fame alongside it, as well as the enormous upright guitar. It's the third largest city in a pretty small country, and Liepāja has evolved from its Soviet slumber with determination, but a morning drowsiness which hasn't been helped by Latvia's 18% drop in GDP in the first three months of 2009. For us, we found Liepāja to be without pretense and filled with youthful energy.