tales of canterbury

oh right, one more thing that i forgot to mention. while i was in austin i sort of-kind of got invited into a PhD program at the university of kent in canterbury. righteous, right? i guess the evolutionary psych guy there is going to be collaborating with frank on some research, and frank mentioned that i was shopping around for grad schools, and the guy had apparently seen me in berlin last year and said "give her my card, i'd love to have her." so, i mean, canterbury is gorgeous or so i've heard, and ruth says it's not far from london, and also in the uk PhDs only take 3 years (possibly 4 for me though since i don't have a master's yet). i haven't met the other students yet or anything, but so far the only downside i can see here is distance from my family, which i find really hard to handle even here in dc. but, you know, at the very least i'll get an all-expenses-paid trip to canterbury when i visit the campus, even if i don't decide to go there.

anybody have any grad-school-in-europe advice, or even spending-a-few-years-in-europe advice? issues i haven't considered yet?