Raul was born in small town in Spain, but he always wanted to live in another country. While he was at university he heard about a special programme for students called Erasmus. He decided to apply. He read a book at home one day when the organisers phoned . Raul had a place ! He went to Edinburgh in Scotland for a year. While he lived in Edinburgh he met a Spanish girl. He was very suprised when he discovered that she was from the same town as him! They became good friends.