Crumbling pastelcolored facades line its streets, parked vintage cars evoke times past, live music permeates the air. welcome to havana, home to an overwhelming energy. situated along the straits of florida, the capital of cuba has been through several identities: spanish colonial settlement, mobster rule in the 1930s, glamour of the 1950s, cuban revolution and, most recently, a cultural renaissance. so take a seat at an authentic paladar (familyrun restaurant) and enjoy the vibrant evolution of havana.