L'auberge epagnole

Setting

At first, the story takes place in Paris, France, where the main character lives. Then, he moves to Barcelona, Spain, where he stays at first with a french couple, and then he lives with a group of young students in a small apartment.


Characters.

Xavier, a young, french, Economist student who once wanted to be a writer. He speaks a Little of spanish.
His mom, a hippie.
His girlfriend, Martine, who doesn't want him to leave.
The french couple, the husband is a neurologist, a very relaxed person. The wife is a little shy, and she doesn't speak any spanish.
Xavier's roommates are international students, from Italy, Spain, Belgium, England.... and others....

Plot

Xavier is a french student who has the opportunity to get a job with the help of his father's friend, but he must learn spanish, so he decides to go to Barcelona on an Erasmus program. He leaves his mom and girlfriend and they all are sad. On his arrival to Barcelona he meets a french couple who helps him with the lodging for the first days, until he finds an appartment that shares with other students.
Not everything is good, he suffers because the spanish classes are in Catalan; and he lives in a very small appartment which he shares with unorganized people, and the owner of it raises the cost of the rent. ....