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A date with a touch of Syria.

Syria has a rich heritage of crafts and cuisine. These dates bring a small part of it together at home, without assuming you'll 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.

A date at home

  1. Cook a Syrian meal together

    Find a recipe by a Syrian cook and make one small dish together that you haven't prepared before.

  2. An evening of oud music

    Listen to a recording of a Syrian oud player and each choose one moment when the tempo or melody changes.

Look around and make something

  1. The story of Aleppo soap

    Watch a short documentary about making traditional Aleppo soap and discuss how a craft is passed down through families.

  2. Paper mosaic

    Look at a Syrian mosaic in a museum collection and use colored paper to make a small pattern of your own for your table.

Try two new things

  1. The story of Aleppo soap

    Watch a short documentary about making traditional Aleppo soap and discuss how a craft is passed down through families.

  2. Cook a Syrian meal together

    Find a recipe by a Syrian cook and make one small dish together that you haven't prepared before.

Things to do together anywhere

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You can also try these ideas in Syria. Choose a place that suits you and check what's available locally.

Indoors
ALSO FUN HERE Open mic nightAttend an open mic together and each choose one performance to discuss later.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Cookbook rouletteOpen a cookbook at random and adapt the recipe you find to your tastes.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Dream weekend collageCut pictures out of old magazines and create an imaginary weekend together.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Paper marblingUse water and color to create a few sheets of paper with unexpected patterns.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Origami garlandEach fold three paper figures and hang them on a short garland.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Herb scent labSmell five kitchen herbs together and think of a dish for each.View the idea
Outdoors
ALSO FUN HERE Bridge routeWalk past three bridges and compare how they connect the neighborhood.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Watching a lockFind a public spot by a lock and watch how boats pass through.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 A sculpture trailFind three public sculptures and imagine what they could mean without reading their plaques.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Waterfront walkWalk along a canal, pond or river and count the boats or birds you see.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE A monument in detailVisit a public monument and find five details you'd miss from a distance.View the idea
Indoors or outdoors
ALSO FUN HERE Outdoor cookingMake a simple meal together that you can eat outdoors.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 Small-budget challengeGive each other a small agreed amount and use it to come up with a snack date together.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Make your own city guidePut together a list of five places you'd recommend to a friend.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Listening walkWalk for ten minutes without music and each note three sounds that catch your attention.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Letter shape huntFind five eye-catching letters on buildings, signs or packaging along the way.View the idea
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