This is the story of the almost mythic attempt to find Hardangervidda National Park. This is also the story of Bryggen, the Hanseatic League, and Constitution Day. I arrived in Bergen, Norway with two unstated goals: the first to photograph reindeer. As with many of my overseas trips, they begin with general ideas but lack for specifics. I like to experience a new area with few preconceived notions and few plans. Given this was Scandinavia, the only thing I could be certa