After breakfast, meet your guide, driver, and Cuban ornithologist, who will accompany you throughout the entire program and will help facilitate meaningful interactions with the local community at each location. This morning, visit Quinta de los Molinos and learn how this urban park is used to connect residents with nature. Get a walking tour through Old Havana before dinner at a local paladar. (A paladar is a small, family-run restaurant. Many paladares appear and operate much like any other restaurant, but in some cases are a converted part of the family's home.) Please make sure to wear comfortable shoes! Thanks in part to history and ideology, Cuba-and especially Havana-is a treasure trove of architectural styles spanning six centuries. With buildings dating from the 16th through the 19th centuries, Havana is perhaps one of the most authentic colonial cities in the Americas. Since 1982, when the city was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the government has embarked on an ambitious preservation and restoration program concentrated in the Old City. However, a severe lack of funding and materials has hampered efforts. Therefore, the decay and neglect of the past 40 years, coupled with the destructive tropical weather, continue to claim buildings every year. Stroll through the Plaza de Armas, a scenic, tree-lined plaza formerly at the center of influence in Cuba. It is surrounded by many of the most historic structures in Havana, as well as important monuments. Continue through the Plaza de San Francisco, a cobbled plaza surrounded by buildings dating from the 18th century and dominated by the baroque Iglesia and Convento de San Francisco, dating from 1719. Also visit the Plaza Vieja; it dates from the 16th century and is one the oldest plazas in Havana. Learn about the massive historical preservation program that began in this plaza under the leadership of the city historian, Eusebio Leal.