Did you say Modena? Awwww, that's where my grandpa was born and I think that's where my grandparents met and got married. I'm Italian too (Italian-American though.) They moved to Bologna then, and that's where my father was born. Have you been to Bologna?

When my grandpa came to America, he went to Florida for a bit, and then went straight to New York, as he was recommended. Then he moved my father (when he was around 7 years old?) and the rest of the family to New York. There are many Italian-Americans in New York so it may be a nice place to study English? You learn, but you still have people who speak Italian around.