IPad as a gift

I've bought an iPad (wi-fi) for my mother's 80th birthday. She lives in Spain. I want to set it up for her, load some photos, link an email account, stuff like that. I'd love to load a few apps for her too.
I'm hoping someone will help me out here - what issues will we face when she has to use the Spanish iTunes? Will she need to create a whole new iTunes account (I'll need to create a US one to set up the iPad for her), and if so will it wipe the US content?
I will really appreciate help here. Together we can make an old lady very happy.
David

Just recently apple took off the US only hold on iTunes cards. So what you can do is install LogMeIn (logmein.com) it's free on her computer and on your computer. After that you can remote into her pc or mac and set it up for her that way and add the itunes card to the iPad so she can buy what she wants.
If she doesn't have an iTunes account you can make a kids account with your iTunes screen name and that way you can add apps, music and stuff for her and it will still allow her to sync her own stuff.
As for Spain's App market I believe it is very limited so I would stick with the US iTunes store.

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