My wife is from Italy, her family all lives in Italy. We've been married for two years and I've been over to Italy with her once.. It was miserable. I ended up being left out of everything (I'm 100% American, I'm from New York and I can only speak english) she speaks english and italian. Her family can't speak a word of English so she has to translate. I was basically shunned out of everything so I went out into the town and walked around and got some food and just sat by myself while her and her family enjoyed Themselves. It was miserable, I told her I had a great time but it sucked. Her family over there hated me, they laughed at me (so I think) and I couldn't understand what they were saying. Then my wife translated that they thought I had a funny accent. Then I understood some of what they said and my wife did verify they said "Why did you marry that lousy american, why not marry good italian boy?" she told me they didn't mean it rudely.. Yeah right. I do not want to go again, I'll be left out again.. I'll endup walking the town by myself again while they all enjoy themselves. I don't want to go, it's going to be terrible. My wife promises they'll be nice to me this time and that she'll spend more time and help me learn italian. It's a blast walking the streets alone not being able to understand anything anyone says and having to point at the one and only picture of food on the menu and hoping it's good because my wife is with her family and can't translate the words.