Ceylon tea comparison
Taste two Sri Lankan teas at a tea house or on a tour and compare their aromas and brewing methods.
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A date with a touch of Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka offers dates centred on tea, food, heritage or crafts. Keep the heat in mind and choose one place at a time.
Browse the ideas4 plans you can actually try.
Use the country as inspiration. Check local opening hours and make a plan together.
Hoppers for breakfast
Find a place that serves hoppers and order two different varieties to share.
Galle Fort in detail
Walk a short public route through Galle Fort, past fortifications and narrow streets. Each find a detail that tells you something about the place.
Create a batik motif together
Visit a studio that demonstrates batik or take a workshop, and each choose one colour for a shared pattern.
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.
A date at home
- Ceylon tea comparison
No tasting nearby? Buy two types of tea and brew them at home at the same time.
- Hoppers for breakfast
No hoppers available? Have a simple pancake date at home with Sri Lankan flavours.
Go out and taste something
- Galle Fort in detail
Walk a short public route through Galle Fort, past ramparts and little streets.
- Ceylon tea comparison
Taste two Sri Lankan teas at a tea house or on a tour and compare their aromas and brewing methods.
Try two new things
- Ceylon tea comparison
Taste two Sri Lankan teas at a tea house or on a tour and compare their aromas and brewing methods.
- Create a batik motif together
Visit a studio that demonstrates batik or take a workshop, and each choose one colour for a shared pattern.
Things to do together anywhere
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Indoors
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Outdoors
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Indoors or outdoors
ALSO FUN HERE Shop window storiesChoose one object in each of three shop windows and invent a previous owner for each.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Build and test a kiteMake a simple kite together and try it out in a suitable open space.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 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 Look inside a millVisit a mill that's open to visitors and discover how it works.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE X on the mapDraw a small treasure map leading to a place where the other person will find a surprise.View the idea