Wednesday is an important day for Tamara Rivera. She goes to brighten her taxi with Christmas motifs, and her shoppers might be aged other people to whom she’s going to give a loose experience for a couple of hours round Madrid to peer the Christmas lighting.
The initiative is named Taxiluz and is a charitable organisation. Hundreds of drivers participate in the once a year match.
“Emotions run high on this day,” Tamara said. “It is a day of excitement for them and even more for us. Just seeing their satisfied faces, how they dress up with their best clothes. They are lovely, the gift is for me”.
Adolfo Martin and Lucia Perez are neighbours and buddies and are a part of the 900 aged individuals who will take pleasure in the job within the capital.
Taxiluz additionally permits them to ruin the barrier that separates them from the town centre.
“Since my husband died 10 years ago, I haven’t been going to the centre of Madrid because I can’t use the metro nor the bus,” Ms Perez stated.
In 2017, when the theory of Taxiluz was once born in Madrid, handiest twenty taxis took phase. This yr there are greater than 200 volunteer automobiles and the initiative has unfold to twelve towns around the nation.
Juan Ramon Rodriguez may be a taxi driving force and appears ahead to the day each and every yr.
“This is the most beautiful drive of the year,” he stated.
Lucía, Adolfo and Tamara get started the two-hour experience thru the primary streets of the capital, one thing that could be a novelty for the aged.
They then all accumulate for a cup of scorching chocolate for a little bit of Christmas magic.
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