- About Fuse
Hey! I'm Feuza — but everyone calls me Fuse.
Brazilian born. Jersey raised. Currently splitting my time between South Florida and Sicily — and yes, we are in the middle of renovating a house there that sat abandoned for 15 years. But we’ll get to that.
I’ve been married for over 20 years, I’m a mom to three young adults, and I run on strong coffee, red wine, and humor. Mostly humor. It’s gotten me through more Italian train schedules than I care to admit.
This is not your average travel blog.
19 trips to Italy and counting. I’ve eaten my way through Rome, gotten gloriously lost in Sicily, taken the slow road through Tuscany, and figured out how to do all of it without either blowing the budget or missing the point.
This blog exists for the woman who wants to go to Europe — really go, not just survive it — and come back feeling like she actually lived it. I write about Italy and Europe with the kind of detail your best-traveled friend would give you over a glass of wine. Where to stay, what to skip, what nobody else is going to tell you, and how to build a trip that actually fits your real life.
You’ll find practical travel guides, honest hotel and experience reviews, itineraries built for real schedules, and the occasional story that has nothing to do with tips and everything to do with why travel changes you.
My take on Italy specifically
I’m not a tourist passing through anymore. I’m a contributing editor for Live in Italy Magazine, a member of the International Food, Wine & Travel Writers Association, and a Fora-certified travel advisor. I also hold Italy’s Digital Nomad Visa. When I write about this country, it comes from 19+ trips, real relationships with the place, and zero tolerance for Pinterest clichés.
I know the difference between the Italy everyone photographs and the Italy that quietly wrecks you in the best way. I write about the second one.
Why Travel? and Why Italy?
The bigger story
Here’s where things get interesting. My husband Max and I just bought a house in Salemi, Sicily — a hilltop town in western Sicily that most people can’t find on a map. It was abandoned for 15 years. We are renovating it. Max is part time managing construction from Florida, I’m managing my feelings about the electrical situation from Sicily, and I’m documenting all of it.
This is the next chapter of Fuse Travels — slow living, renovation reality, and what it actually looks like to build an anchor in a place you love. Stay tuned. It’s going to be a lot.
I used to think my obsession with Italy was just a personality trait. Then I looked it up and found out there’s a name for it—a soul place. Somewhere that feels like a homecoming even though you’ve never technically lived there.
Brazil will always be home in my bones. But Italy taught me something Brazil and New Jersey never did—how to slow down, how to be present, and how to let a place actually do something to you. That’s what I want for every woman who reads this blog.
If you’ve ever felt the pull toward something more—you’re in the right place.
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Abbracci ⚓
