When we depart Istanbul, we sail southwest through the Sea of Marmara & one of the highlights is passing under the 1915 Çanakkale Bridge. We pick up the pilot at 19:15 just before the bridge & they disembark around 21:45 as we exit the Dardanelles. Fun fact the pilot shared with us is that the Çanakkale Bridge (aka: the worlds longest suspension bridge) was designed with a very specific distance with the main span of exactly 2023 meters because this year, "2023" is the year they celebrate 100 years of the Republic of Turkey. #gobeyond #celebritybeyond #cruise #ship #istanbul #canakkale #pilot #bridge #turkey