In the Media

I’ve been featured across a range of publications and platforms sharing my experience of moving to Italy, navigating Italian citizenship, and building a life here from scratch. My perspective combines lived experience with practical insight, focusing on what it actually takes to relocate to Italy and make it work long-term.

A Way Abroad

A Beginner's Guide to Living in Lecce, Italy.
A practical, first-hand guide to moving to Lecce, covering everything from daily life and neighbourhoods to visas, housing and the realities of settling into southern Italy.

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Media Enquiries

For media enquiries, interviews or collaborations, feel free to get in touch:

📧 stefanie@italyandback.com

Spend Life Traveling

Living in Lecce - Interview with an Expat.
A structured expat guide to living in Lecce, covering housing, costs, work options and the practical realities of settling into life in southern Italy.

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Mamamia

I moved to Italy at 40 because my life in Australia was ‘fine’…

A personal piece on leaving a stable life
in Melbourne to start again in southern Italy, and what that decision really looked like in practice.

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Live in Italy Magazine

Moving to Italy Solo at 40: Chat with Stefanie Reilly.

A personal interview on moving to Italy solo at 40, covering the realities of starting over abroad, navigating citizenship and building a new life in southern Italy.

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