Tea in three rounds
Make tea together and taste three small cups with slightly different strengths or amounts of sugar. Each choose a favourite.
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A date with a touch of Mauritania.
A date inspired by Mauritania can stay simple: tea, a rice dish, music or a conversation over a map at home.
Browse the ideas4 plans you can actually try.
Use the country as inspiration. Check local opening hours and make a plan together.
Rice with fish or vegetables
Find a Mauritanian-inspired rice recipe and make a simple version together with fish or vegetables.
Music from the Sahel
Find music by two Mauritanian artists and listen for differences in their voices and instrumentation.
Drawing desert lines
Look at a map and photos of Mauritanian landscapes from a reliable collection, and each draw the line that stands out to you most.
Combine two local ideas
Choose a combination. Are both ideas out of the question? Find places close to each other or spread the two ideas over two days.
Try two new things
- Tea in three rounds
Make tea together and taste three small cups with slightly different strengths or amounts of sugar.
- Rice with fish or vegetables
Find a Mauritanian-inspired rice recipe and make a simple version together with fish or vegetables.
Try two new things
- Music from the Sahel
Find music by two Mauritanian artists and listen for differences in their voices and instrumentation.
- Drawing desert lines
Look at a map and photos of Mauritanian landscapes from a reliable collection, and each draw the line that stands out to you most.
Try two new things
- Tea in three rounds
Make tea together and taste three small cups with slightly different strengths or amounts of sugar.
- Music from the Sahel
Find music by two Mauritanian artists and listen for differences in their voices and instrumentation.
Things to do together anywhere
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You can also try these ideas in Mauritania. Choose a place that suits you and check what's available locally.
Indoors
ALSO FUN HERE Local juice blind tastingTaste three fruit juices together without looking at the labels first.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Hot chocolate taste testMake two kinds of hot chocolate and give each other a blind tasting.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE A tasting without labelsTaste three versions of the same product without knowing which brand each one is.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Open mic nightAttend an open mic together and each choose one performance to discuss later.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Portrait without looking at your paperDraw each other in five minutes without lifting your pen from the paper.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Tea three waysBrew the same tea in three ways and taste how time and temperature change it.View the idea
Outdoors
ALSO FUN HERE Street art treasure huntFind three murals or other public artworks in your neighborhood together.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE A sculpture trailFind three public sculptures and imagine what they could mean without reading their plaques.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Concert on the grassFind an outdoor concert and listen from somewhere you can sit comfortably.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Night picnicTake a late snack to a safe spot with a view of the evening sky.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Sketching outdoors togetherBring paper and each draw the same view in ten minutes.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Finding a viewpointChoose a spot with a view and take your time discovering ten things together.View the idea
Indoors or outdoors
ALSO FUN HERE Jazz nightListen to a jazz performance together or put together a set of three tracks at home.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Mini food tourTry three small bites along the way at three places close to one another.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Coffee with time to lingerAgree on half an hour to start with and see whether you'd like another stroll.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Stained glass huntFind three stained-glass windows and compare their colors in daylight.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE An hour of reading aloud by the waterEach bring a short story or poem and read a little aloud to each other.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Ice cream flavor juryTry two different ice cream flavors together and give each your own rating.View the idea