I am always having fun reading suggestions from people from different regions. It's the second person from overseas suggesting picnic. It's winter here and it's brutal cold or lots of snow in some regions. Picnics just are not doable.

In the past when I dated, I'd do movie and dinner or lunch and movie. Or lunch and window shopping at a mall or if not too cold walk in town look at lights afterwords. Actual eve you could be back to your own house. I wouldn't do late evening date yet