Who the hell are we?
A couple of Australians and a furious cat named Ted
In January 2023 we moved from Tasmania, Australia, to Spain with two suitcases and our cat, Ted. (Pademelania the pademelon stayed behind.)
After a year an a half up north in San Sebastián we took the plunge to the deep south and settled in Jerez, home of flamenco and sherry, a veritable kingdom of horses, and a lifestyle best described as heaven on a stick with a yellowish tinge.
We’re here on a non-lucrative visa, which means that for our first five years in Spain we’re not allowed to work. So we eat, we drink, we blog, and at one point we buy a house. We’re staying for good.
You gonna pop in for a visit?
Bruce Ransley (left) and Jess Lerch
Bruce is a former marine biologist and commercial diver but for the entirety of this century has been a technical writer. He claims to have invented a Turing test for artificial charisma. He is the only person living or dead ever to have required medical attention from being attacked by a gannet.
Jess has a law background and worked as a minister’s advisor in the Australian government before becoming an environmental campaigner. She has sung on stage with Tina Turner and is likely the only person to have given a sitting prime minister a breville (or noogie, depending on where you come from) before being dragged away by a friendly senator.