Scratch just beneath the surface in England and you might find yourself staring at life as it was lived nearly 2,000 years ago.

You can go down 18 inches and find numerous things like Roman villas, large extensive buildings.

Coming up today on Travel with Rick Steeves, we explore the layers of history that are

awaiting to be unearthed just beneath your feet in Britain.

If it's a view you're after, you can now see detailed

close-ups of what the Earth looks like from 250 miles up. Commander Chris

Hadfield joins us to describe the perspective you get when you sight see the Earth from the International Space Station.

You get a more humble sense of who you are, but also the great grace and privilege of seeing this place and the unique beauty of it, the inherent

Christmas ornament like gorgeousness of it.

And listeners share their impressions from visiting the Holy Land.

Look at the world from a whole new angle in the hour ahead.

It's travel with Rick Steeves.

It turns out some of the greatest views on Earth are from 250 miles straight up.

In a bit, astronaut Chris Hadfield tells us how he captured thousands of stunning images of our Earth's greatest features from a truly original perspective.

And how he dealt with the challenge of travel photography when the light and clouds aren't

where you'd normally find them, the Earth is spinning below you and you're flying at over 17,000 miles an hour.

Later in the hour, we'll check in with listeners at 877333 Rick.

Let's hear your impressions from traveling to the Holy Land, including what it's like to be in Bethlehem at Christmas.

Let's start today's travel with Rick Steve's holding fast to Terra Firma,

and just a little beneath the surface as well as we explore the historical

marbles archaeologists can discover in England.

Britain is a land of deep history literally and in many corners when you dig, you can find something

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