Lions fans flooding Munich for NFL game

Lions have a home game Sunday, more than 4,000 miles from home. They're in Germany to take on the Patriots, and fans are following them there. Fox 2's Dave Spencer spoke to some fans who made the trip. He's live outside a German restaurant, the Dakota Inn in Detroit. And Dave, obviously there's a lot of people there who are excited about the clash of these wonderful two cultures. You better believe it. I mean, the Lions fans, we all know how passionate they are and how willing they are to travel. When they go to different places, they basically take over and make it a home game. We could probably expect the same thing to happen in Germany, six-hour time difference across an ocean. But I had a chance to talk to some people who already made that trip. They decided to make a vacation out of it, so they left on a Wednesday. They're going to stay until a Wednesday and see all the sights, including the Lions game. They say they bought the tickets nice and early. As soon as they announced the schedule that they knew they were going to be playing an overseas game, they started talking to a travel agent, started working out the logistics and getting on tap. Now if you are watching this right now and you have that FOMO and you want to make some last minute plans to go to Germany, I did talk to a travel agent today who said, yeah you can. It's going to cost you though around... 3,600 at a minimum, and that's not even going to be a direct flight into Munich. You're going to have to fly into Frankfurt, take some public transportation, stay at some overpriced hotels, and then pay for tickets there that are going to range anywhere from 400 for those nosebleed sections to 1,200 if you want to be up close and personal with the action. But you're not going to be alone. Even on the flight over to Amsterdam on a Wednesday, there were... People wearing the Honolulu blue, talking about how much fun they're going to have. I had a chance to speak with those fans and that travel agent, take a listen to what they had to say. When did you guys realize that you wanted to make this a priority and go see this? Well, we knew that they were playing internationally. We did not know where, and we just said, let's do it. So. When they got the Germany ticket, we were pretty excited. Very good. I mean, because it could have been Australia, it could have been Spain, anything. So with it being Germany, we knew we were going to have a layover somewhere, and we decided to come to Monaco before. So we kind of knew right away. So when the schedule comes out, that's when you should do it. Really? The sooner the better. Airfares come out 300 days ahead of time. Okay, airfares are actually, it's all... Inventory control by computers. So when people go, oh, no, you buy a ticket? No, it doesn't work that way. It's based on the inventory. So the sooner you buy it, most likely is the best chance of saving money on your airline tickets. And, of course, if that comes out, many of the hotels probably haven't even registered the fact that this is, like, coming to us. Maybe they have. Most of them won't. So you could get a better deal in the hotel. All right, so most likely you missed out on going this time around, but have no fear, Germany can come to you. You can just come here to the Dakota Inn. They have the Lions and Lederhosen, Keg and Eggs, Pancakes and Pigskin event going on. Doors open at 9. Kickoff is at 9.30. You can watch the game here. They're going to bring in a projector, show the game on the wall here, and raise a stein as the... The Lions do what they do, and hopefully win. You can watch it on Fox, too, if you don't want to make the trip out here. But this place is amazing. We're going to explore more on what this place is all about coming up at 6 o'clock as we talk to the general manager live. It's been around since the 30s, and it looks like it. It smells like it. It's got the entire ambiance of Germany right here in our own backyard. That story's coming up at 6 o'clock tonight. For now, live in Detroit, Dave Spencer, Fox 2 News. Well, Dave, you also know that Frankenmuth is going to be packed with Lions fans as well, trying to celebrate a little German culture and Lions culture at the same time as well. Yeah, you could pick your poison there. You could go there. You could come here. Either one. I mean, either way, we're all going to be watching the same thing, and that's the Lions win, and watch that pregame right here on Fox 2. All right, Dave Spencer for us. We'll look for your report to learn more about the culture inside of that wonderful place you're in. We'll talk to you soon, my friend. And as the Lions get ready for a special international matchup this Sunday, one Detroit player has a special connection to Germany. Amon Ross St. Brown has deep family ties to the country. Fox News' Woody Woodruff has a look at that. And I'll just say this, Rudy, Amon-Ra St. Brown is a complex guy, okay? He's half German, that ethnicity comes from his mother's side, and he spent a ton of time living the Bavarian life, spending summers visiting family and exploring the country. Now, with the NFL being a worldwide brand, it's no surprise to see the league take advantage of St. Brown's talents. In fact, a video posted by He posted to the Lions' German language TikTok account. St. Brown speaks fluently in German about his last time playing there. Take a look. Das letzte Mal, wo ich das gemacht, ich glaube, 15 Jahre alt, mit der deutschen Nationalmannschaft, mit meinem Bruder Osiris. We played against, I think, France, we won, und dann gegen Österreich, da haben wir verloren im Final. Aber ja, ich bin aufgeregt, ich bin ready, Now I know you're gonna need a translation. He last played in Germany at 15 representing its under 19 national team alongside his brother against France. And now he's ready to return and he says that he cannot wait. I understood all of that. You got all of it? No, absolutely. Everyone understood that. The only German word I ever knew, my dad did work for General Motors and he traveled to Germany. And he came back and he's like, you know what Volkswagen has on us? I said, what? Farfig Nugent. I said, what is Farfig Nugent? He goes, they came up with a German word for their company that meant driving pleasure. And I was like, wow. We're all going to learn a lot of German in the next few days. Yeah, you know what? I'm starting right now. We'll have much more on the Lions coming up in sports. And Rudy, zurück zu dir. Zurück zu dir, to you as well. Back to you. I can't say it back to you.