Three Faces of Rome

The article by Andrew McCarthy, "The Three Faces of Rome", provides the reader with three different perspectives of the city of Rome. While the article provides some interesting details for things that are more "off the beaten path", some of the references are not applicable to a modern, younger readers interests of range of knowledge. It seems like the reader is exploring the city as much as they are exploring themselves, traveling from the luxury level down to the local level, it appears they are searching for freedom and independence while simultaneously searching for local respect and acceptance. This sense of searching, doesn't exactly make me feel like I'm reading from a reliable source, more like the journal of an unsure traveller, but that being said some of the quirky details about the things like the abandoned cats, while a bit out of left field at least added some interest to the piece as did the story about "Mama" and the pasta, but for a travel piece I found this one a bit slow, and not very helpful. Maybe McCarthy, who seemed the most at home in the final leg of the trip would have been better suited to wait, and simply write about that experience, from a tourist transitioning to local point of view.