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A date with a touch of South Sudan.

For South Sudan, we choose relaxed dates at home centered on cooking, music, stories and art, without suggesting travel.

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4 plans you can actually try.

Use the country as inspiration. Check local opening hours and make a plan together.

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

  1. Questions for artists

    View work by a South Sudanese artist online and each come up with a question about the materials, colors or subject.

  2. A map with two stories

    Find two places in South Sudan on a map and read a story from a resident or local maker from each place.

Try two new things

  1. Kisra and two accompaniments

    Find a recipe for kisra and make a small batch at home with two simple accompaniments.

  2. Questions for artists

    View work by a South Sudanese artist online and each come up with a question about the materials, colors or subject.

Things to do together anywhere

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You can also try these ideas in South Sudan. Choose a place that suits you and check what is available locally.

Indoors
ALSO FUN HERE Karaoke duetChoose a song together that you both feel brave enough to sing.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Experience a live podcastAttend a recording of a podcast that sparks your curiosity.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Blind tasting at homeSet out three everyday snacks and try to guess the flavors with your eyes closed.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Craft workshopTry a short workshop together in a technique neither of you knows.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Workshop swapEach choose a skill you can teach the other in twenty minutes.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Local juice blind tastingTaste three fruit juices together without looking at the labels first.View the idea
Outdoors
ALSO FUN HERE Concert on the grassFind an outdoor concert and listen from somewhere you can sit comfortably.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 Street art treasure huntFind three murals or other public artworks in your neighborhood together.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Park picnicEach bring something you enjoy sharing and find a quiet spot in the park.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 Thermos walkFill a flask and walk a short route together with one lovely place to pause.View the idea
Indoors or outdoors
ALSO FUN HERE Stained glass huntFind three stained-glass windows and compare their colors in daylight.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Compare oliebollenIn winter, try two oliebollen from different places.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 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 Digital postcard chainSend each other three photos that together tell a mini story of your day.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
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