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By Katie Storrie & Julia Banim An American woman who had always longed to live in the UK found a few surprises in store when she finally took the plunge and moved across the pond. Helene Sula, 37, made the move to leafy Oxford in October 2023, along with her husband Michael, 36, and was astonished by some of the culture differences she had to contend with. According to Helene, who hails from Dallas, Texas, words such as ‘cheers’ and ‘bicycles’ knocked her for six, while the ‘lumpy pillows’ found on supposedly hard English beds felt quite weird when compared with what she’s used to. The expat a…

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