Day 6 Uterga to Lorca (March 24)

We had a pretty good sleep in Uterga though the beds were very noisy when anyone moved. We hit the road at 8. One of the pilgrims we met last night was Vicente, a young Spaniard who will be walking to Estrella today. Not us. We´re hoping to make it to Lorca. This was one of the most beautiful mornings. The sky, the scenery - unbelievable. We took the detour to Eunate. Unfortunately, the octagonal church didn´t open until 1030 and it was 0930 when we got there. They did have the sello outside on a table so we took advantage and stamped our credential. Made it to Puenta la Reina and saw the Brazilians. They were staying there for the night. The daughter was having knee trouble. We probably won´t see them again on the way. Saw our first stork and nest today! As we were taking in the view right outside of Puerta la Reina a couple passed us by, when we caught up with them as they were taking a break we started chatting and found out they were from Ireland. We walked with them the rest of the way to Lorca and had a grand time! We passed a lot of vineyards today, more than any other day so far. Lots of olive groves as well. We all got a bed in the albregue La Bodega del Camino. 8 euro per and dinner for another 10. No choices tonight, just pasta, pork, peppers, fries, vino, bread and ice cream. Once again when we went to the bedroom after dinner a young pilgrim already had lights out! This young one was from Hungary and had been in bed since about 4 in the afternoon. This is the third time this has happened to us - someone had lights out around 8 o´clock making it difficult to get to bed and ready for the next day.