Aiport, Russian Style

I know how Harry Potter felt the first time he boarded the Hogwart's Express.
Trying to get a cart, laden with luggage and video equipment into a Russian airport that's still under construction took some magic. As we tried to maneuver the cart over uneven ground and no one giving us room we grinned and gunned it, barreling over the roadway and through the doorway. Thus began our adventure in St. Petersburg.
Billed as the Venice of the North, this city dates back 300 years when Peter the Great envisioned and fashioned this city on swamps. He created a fortress and eventually his descendents covered the prime turf with palaces and gardens. The city now boasts magnificent museums, restored following the Soviet Era - and the WHITE NIGHTS ... it's a time of year, happening now .. when the sun never fully sets. ah, could that be a health story hook .. how do people manage?