"Teenagers from Krzyżowa meeting center threw a shoe to my garden when they were asked not to be so loud at night. But then they came with flowers to apologize” said one of Krzyżowa's citizens. How does the relation between Krzyżowa's citizens and the participants of international meetings really look like?

According to the research around Krzyżowa village opinions about international projects differ. Before the Krzyżowa for Mutual Understanding in Europe was founded, people had a calm life without any noise and running teenagers speaking foreign languages and without a loud main street.

Afterwards the special complex of Krzyżowa foundation developed tourism spread around the calm village. “The cooperation between Krzyżowa Foundation and the country is on an advanced level. Thanks to groups of foreigners young people from Krzyżowa are motivated to learn new languages. Nevertheless the elderly don’t feel emphasis to do so.” said Agnieszka Stochniel, village administrator. The older citizens claim that there is no difference between teenagers from European countries and they cannot even distinguish their nationalities. Before Krzyżowa became a center of international meetings, the stereotypes about foreigners were deeply rooted. The Krzyżowa Foundation convinced citizens that they are untrue. Citizens have experienced many funny, but sometimes embarrassing situations during conversations with foreigners. “A group of German teenagers asked me “Deutsche sprechen?” and my answer was “no”, than they asked “English sprechen?”- I also denied. So they sum up everything with the word “scheiße” and went away.”- added the head of the village. But there are more alternative ways to learn new words in foreign languages. Grandchild of the Krzyżowa citizen teaches his grandpa English, while the man, who works in Germany, shows her some German expressions. As reported the whole foundation provided many advantageous changes to Krzyżowa's society.

Especially the little corner shop with a monopoly position is able to exhibit great success. On demand the shop assistant listed without hesitations the most frequently bought products:

Cigarettes and Alcohol.