Wow, you've lived in some cool places! I go to University in Edinburgh, Scotland, and you have to study three subject there to begin with. I already spoke spanish and french and I really wanted to learn italian, so I chose that as my third subject and here we are! I've been lucky enough to travel around Italy a little (Venice, Verona, Florence, Rome, Naples and Sicily) so I've had some practice with native speakers I think if you already speak spanish and english you would find it easy to learn, maybe you should look for classes