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An American 🇺🇸 family living in Spain. Life abroad, move to Spain resources, cultural differences & hidden gems in Spain!
This view never gets old. ❤️
One of the things we love most about life in La Rioja, Spain 🇪🇸 is how even the simplest moments feel special.
A quiet afternoon.
An open window.
The sound of people gathering in the plaza.
Café terraces buzzing with life.
And a view of Logroño, Spain 🇪🇸
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09/06/2026
Happy Día de la Rioja. So grateful for this week filled with making memories with our little family.
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08/06/2026
The funny thing is 🤔…none of these lessons are really about Spain 🇪🇸
They’re about building a life somewhere new.
And that’s exactly why we created Mr. Amigo. 🧡
When we moved to Spain in 2021, we spent way too much time trying to figure everything out on our own.
The visas.
The paperwork.
The healthcare system.
The taxes.
Making friends.
Building a life.
What we eventually learned is that information wasn’t the hardest part.
The hardest part was knowing who to trust, where to go for help, and finding people who understood exactly what we were going through.
That’s why we built Mr. Amigo.
A community of 100+ members, trusted experts, Spanish locals, expats and future amigos all helping each other navigate life in Spain 🇪🇸 💪
Make your move to Spain way easier... and a whole lot more fun. 🧡
Comment AMIGO and we’ll send you the details.
We’re Jess & Eric, a U.S. American family living in Spain since 2021, here to help you in any way we can. 🧡
Allergy season in Spain be like… 🤧😭
I don’t know what’s in the air right now, but it’s winning.
We’re Jess & Eric, a U.S. American family living in Spain since 2021 🇺🇸➡️🇪🇸. Wanting to move to Spain? Make your move to Spain way easier… and a whole lot more fun. 🧡 Join our 100+ community, Mr. Amigo. Comment “AMIGO” for more detail.
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05/06/2026
The real challenge of moving to Spain 🇪🇸 is knowing who to trust…
You can ask ChatGPT.
You can search Google.
You can watch YouTube.
You can join Facebook groups.
You can spend hours researching every possible visa, city, tax situation, and healthcare option.
But after helping people move to Spain since 2021, we’ve learned something:
Information usually isn’t the problem.
The real challenge is knowing:
Is this information correct?
Does it apply to my situation?
Can I trust it?
What should I do next?
That’s exactly why we created Mr. Amigo.
The community we wish we had when we moved to Spain.
A place where you can ask questions directly to trusted experts, get answers you can feel confident in, and take action knowing you’re headed in the right direction.
Make your move to Spain way easier… and a whole lot more fun. 🧡
Comment AMIGO and we’ll send you the details!
We’re Jess & Eric, a U.S. 🇺🇸 American family living in Spain since 2021. Here to help you in anyway we can 🧡.
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Comment “AMIGO” if your ready to move to Spain ✈️🇪🇸
The visa process 😅
If you’re in the process of moving to Spain right now… there’s a very high chance you’re somewhere in these 7 stages 😂✈️
1. “WE’RE DOING THIS!!!”
2. “Why is the visa process so frustrating?”
3. “Wait… are we actually making the right decision?”
4. “WE GOT THE VISA 😭”
5. Living surrounded by boxes for weeks on end
6. Saying goodbye to everyone you love
7. Landing in Spain wondering how this is real life 🇪🇸
Honestly, moving to Spain was one of the best decisions we’ve ever made. But oh my goodness…it was also one of the hardest things we’ve ever done together.
Especially the visa process.
The waiting.
The uncertainty.
The googling.
Having absolutely NO idea if you’re even doing things in the right order 😅
And looking back, one of the biggest things missing for us was having people around us who actually understood what we were going through.
That’s exactly why we created Mr. Amigo 🧡
Make your move to Spain way easier… and a whole lot more fun.
Mr. Amigo is a trusted community where experts help you figure out visas, healthcare, taxes, housing, and every step of moving to Spain.
At the same time, you start building real connection and friendships with Spanish locals, expats, and future amigos before you even get to Spain 🇪🇸
We’re Jess & Eric, U.S. Americans who moved to Spain from Kansas in 2021 with no idea what we were doing. We built Mr. Amigo to make moving to Spain way easier… and a whole lot more fun, with the right answers and the right people from day one. 🧡
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La Rioja, Spain 🇪🇸
Sometimes it still blows my mind that we live here.
• The beautiful vineyards 🍷
• The music echoing through the streets
• The long nights on Calle Laurel
• The tiny villages
• The church bells
• The fire celebrations during San Juan 🔥
• The wine battles 🍷
• The concerts in the plazas
• The café culture ☕️
• The slow afternoons
Living in La Rioja, Spain 🇪🇸 has completely changed the way we look at life.
And honestly…
before moving from the U.S. 🇺🇸 to Spain 🇪🇸, we had NO idea places like this even existed.
Most people think of Madrid.
Barcelona.
Maybe Sevilla or Valencia.
But northern Spain 🇪🇸, especially La Rioja wine country 🍷, feels like a completely different world in the best way possible.
This region is full of traditions, community, history, wine culture, music, festivals, and some of the most beautiful small towns in Spain 🇪🇸
Have you ever been to La Rioja? 🍷🇪🇸
Comment “WIN” if you want to move to Spain 🇪🇸.
We built Mr. Amigo to help people move to Spain… but more importantly, to help people feel like they belong even before they get here. 🧡
Because honestly? I don’t think your life in Spain has to start the day you land here.
I think it can start now.
And today just felt really special.
🎉 One member submitted all of their paperwork to BLS for their non-lucrative visa
🎉 Another member woke up to a visa approval
🎉 Two members living in Barcelona connected through the community today
🎉 And we recently had our first in-person meetup
Watching people support each other, celebrate wins together, and build real friendships through this community has been one of the coolest parts of this entire journey.
Because moving to Spain isn’t just about visas and paperwork. It’s about building a whole new life here — and having people around you who truly get what that feels like.
One thing I never realized until moving to Spain… 🇪🇸
Hotels here almost NEVER have ice machines 😅
Back in the U.S. 🇺🇸, especially growing up in Kansas, every hotel seemed to have:
✔️ An ice machine down the hall
✔️ An ice bucket in the room
But after almost 5 years living in Spain and staying in hotels all over the country, I honestly can’t remember seeing a single hotel ice machine here.
Yes… U.S. Americans are absolutely obsessed with ice 🧊🤣
Now I’m curious…
What’s something that’s super common in the U.S. but hard to find in Spain?
Or vice versa?
We’re Jess + Eric, a U.S. American family living in La Rioja 🇪🇸 sharing the little cultural differences that make life here so interesting and fun!
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