Episode
House Hunters International: A Life Changing Experience in the Ancient Spanish City of Valencia
Overview
Allen lives in Boston and is an assistant professor of music business at Berklee College of Music, the world's largest school of contemporary music. Berklee is opening a new campus in Valencia, Spain and they've offered a promotion to Allen. He will serve as the director of global entertainment and the music business studies program. Allen is excited to get away from the rain & cold of Boston but sad to leave his beloved friends. He'll need to find the perfect home to keep him grounded in Valencia and he's enlisted his good friend & Berklee colleague, Janelle, to come along and help. Will Allen strike up the right chord in the house hunt? Or fall flat? Find out as House Hunters International slides into Valencia, Spain.
Details
- Series
- House Hunters International
- Season
- Season 38
- Episode
- Episode 9
- Air date
- 2012-06-01
- Runtime
- 23 min
Episode context
A Life Changing Experience in the Ancient Spanish City of Valencia is Episode 9 in Season 38 of House Hunters International. It aired on 2012-06-01. The runtime is 23 min.
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