So we went to Gellert Hill and went in the church that is inside the hill (for the rest of the day’s activities and pictures of the church search “History in Budapest”). I wanted to climb up to the cross (which at the time I forgot was pretty much directly above the church/cave opening). I assumed I would just be able to follow a path up but I was sorely mistaken; a couple feet into the trek up the hill, the path split in multiple directions and all the way up there were many different paths you could take and they were all paved so there was not one correct one – I saw one sign, but it was in Hungarian so not very helpful. I figured “up” was a pretty safe direction so I just continued that way exploring some of the different paths. I got to one intersection and was standing there deciding which way to go (and catching my breath), but was about to go the wrong way when a Hungarian woman told me that there were good views the other way, so I assumed I had finally made it to the cross. I again was sorely mistaken. I had accidentally climbed all the way to the top of the large hill to Budapest’s Statue of Liberty – not what I was expecting, but the views were absolutely fantastic. On the hike up there I only saw like 4 other people, but at the top there were many other tourists coming from all different paths all around the hill, so I assume any of the separate paths I could have taken would have eventually gotten me to the same place. But alas, even with the very rewarding views I had not accomplished what I had set out to do and visit the cross. I looked at some pictures I had taken before we started up the hill and then realized how far away I actually was and started wandering back down on different paths and eventually found my way to the cross. It was a fun detour and added adventure to the day, plus I think it’s a funny story.
