A brief interlude was had in London prior to flying out to the USA...some pics below...

This is not a real panda with tiny ladders across its nose...its 'artwork' in Earls Court
tube station
The experiment of using Peter Crouch in the England national team has been deemed a success leaving Capello to now start with 11 Peter Crouch-sized players every game
(note that these are not real players...they are gantries with light emitting devices used to grow the grass at Wembley)
United and Liverpool players really do like each other after all
The players' tunnel out onto the Wembley pitch
This is what the Queen uses to drink her
Pimms & lemonade out of when she watches the football at
Wembley...note that it is covered to prevent commoners in upper tiers from tossing objects into it (or this could be the FA Cup...or both)