The Cuban content creator, Chelsea, shared a vlog of her daily life in the Spanish countryside that showcases a full day of planting, caring for animals, and the birth of a calf on the farm where she lives with her family.
"I am Cuban, I live in Spain, but in the countryside, and today we spent the whole morning planting the trees we previously bought at the nursery," Chelsea says at the beginning of the video.
Followers identify the area of Vahondillo, a place of great natural beauty that some locate in the region of Extremadura.
Chelsea and her family planted grape, orange, apple, tangerine, peach, and grapefruit, all previously acquired from a local nursery.
The video also features Lola and Pepe, two calves that were born on the family's farm and still drink from a bottle. "You all know that they are our favorites, so we decided to let them have the bottle for the entire month. They only have five days left," Chelsea explained.
The afternoon brought an even greater surprise: the cow that the family had been watching all week finally gave birth.
"Yesterday we came and she had a huge belly. We said, my God, this cow has to give birth already. And yes, today we went and she had already given birth to her little male calf," reported the Cuban woman, who chose to record it from a distance for safety.
The story of Chelsea is part of a viral trend among Cubans in Spain. The young woman emigrated from Cuba in 2025 and settled in a farmhouse purchased by her uncle, who has lived in London for over twenty years, through an investment visa known as a Golden Visa.
The property features six rooms, four bathrooms, gardens, and animals, evoking the landscapes of the Cuban countryside that the family carries in their roots.
Chelsea's father cultivates sugar cane on an experimental basis, as well as melons, lettuce, tomatoes, peppers, potatoes, and onions. The family also raises peacocks, replicating the agricultural traditions of the island in Spanish soil.
The content from Chelsea resonates with thousands of Cubans in the diaspora who celebrate their first year outside of Cuba with mixed feelings of nostalgia and hope.
The comments on the video reflect that characteristic mix of admiration and irony found in the Cuban community abroad.
"I get lost there; you're fortunate to live among so much nature; it's a treasure," wrote a follower. Another humorously noted, "Who would be a dad in Cuba to come to Spain and acquire all those properties?"
The case of Chelsea is part of a Cuban exodus that is being redistributed globally. In 2025, at least 27,000 Cubans registered in Spain, raising the total number of Cuban residents in the country to over 160,000 people, making Spain the second main destination for Cubans after the United States.
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