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A date with a touch of Zimbabwe.

Zimbabwe can fill a date with mbira music, a shared meal, stone art or a short visit to a heritage site.

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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. Listen closely to mbira

    Listen to two Zimbabwean mbira performances and describe what happens to the melody when you listen again.

  2. Sadza with vegetables

    Make sadza together and choose two vegetable side dishes to go with it.

Try two new things

  1. Looking at sculpture

    Find work by a Zimbabwean sculptor in a gallery or online collection and discuss its shape, stone and title.

  2. Great Zimbabwe with a guide or source

    Only visit the heritage site if access and local conditions allow, or watch a documented virtual tour together.

Try two new things

  1. Listen closely to mbira

    Listen to two Zimbabwean mbira performances and describe what happens to the melody when you listen again.

  2. Looking at sculpture

    Find work by a Zimbabwean sculptor in a gallery or online collection and discuss its shape, stone and title.

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You can also try these ideas in Zimbabwe. Choose a place that suits you and check what is 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 Museum eveningGo to a museum toward the end of the day and each choose one room.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Museum rouletteFlip a coin to decide which gallery to visit first.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 Portrait without looking at your paperDraw each other in five minutes without lifting your pen from the paper.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Make a rain rhythmRecord the sound of rain and create a short rhythm to go with it together.View the idea
Outdoors
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 Concert on the grassFind an outdoor concert and listen from somewhere you can sit comfortably.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Long evening picnicBring a light meal and eat outside as the evening gently unfolds.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
Indoors or outdoors
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 Mini food tourTry three small bites along the way at three places close to one another.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 Early bakery routePick something up from a bakery early and eat it somewhere the day is just beginning.View the idea
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