From early September 2002 till the end of December 2002, a group of families fr om North Carolina, USA, stayed at CORE. The eight parents with their 30 children have used their stay in France extensively to get to know France and Normandy and to improve their French. The children (who have attended the primary school and "collge" in Coutainville as well as the high school in Coutances) have had the opportunity to "dive into" life in France.