Latvian cuisine has been heavily influenced by the Germans and the Russians but still has its own individuality. Expect to eat, among many other things too numerous to list here: cottage cheese, plenty of sour cream, forest berries, shashlik meat (pretty much a national dish by now), smoked fish, meat-filled pancakes, beetroot, lampreys (look it up, weird), jellied cat-food-esque meat, and truck-loads of pork and pork fat. Good luck being vegetarian here, by the way.
Escaping the early onset of Autumn or getting a dose of sun as they wait for spring to unfurl after a long, depressing winter, the people of Latvia take budget flights to places like Egypt, Turkey, the Canary Islands, and Italy. Their pale skin turns copper quicker than you can say 'pass me my faux-Gucci sunglasses Vladimir'.
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