I am French

S1, Ep 4. Ajiri Aki @madamedelamaison: The early days in Paris, making friends & raising bilingual kids.

December 08, 2020 Karen French Season 1 Episode 4
I am French
S1, Ep 4. Ajiri Aki @madamedelamaison: The early days in Paris, making friends & raising bilingual kids.
Show Notes

Ajiri Aki hails from NYC, via Texas and Nigeria and after settling in France 9 years ago with her Swiss-German husband, 2 kids came along, she started a business and she now sees herself as a ‘lifer’ in Europe. 

Ajiri joins me to talk about her struggles in her early days in Paris, how she made friends along the way and how bringing people together is at the heart of her business @Madamedelamaison. 

We also talk about language, the complaining - ours as ex-pats and the French - and what ‘home’ means along with pregnancy, parenting bilingual kids and vacationing French style.

‘The pace of life and business is slower here’, she says - it’d have to be coming from NYC!- and that has helped her juggle being a parent and a business owner. 

Ajiri shares her experiences with honesty and humour and the hour we chatted for flew by. I hope you enjoy it. 


I am French is hosted by Karen French (yup, that’s my real surname) 

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Karen French 

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Ajiri Aki

Website Madamedelamaison.com

IG @madamedelamaison


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