Truck plows into Berlin Christmas market

[The Larch]

Reports indicate he went through France, Chambéry, Savoy to Turin, then Milan.
From a train ticket in his backpack, it's true that trains between Germany and France don't ask for IDs in general, thought it has happened since 2015.

I took the Turin - Chambery train back in 2003 and I was carded at the border by an armed policeman.

I mentioned trains between Germany and France. 
Did you have a beard back then btw? 
Bit young for it I'd say and hipsterism was not a big factor then

That's another border he had to cross, and another chance to get carded. 

And I've had a beard or goatee for about 90% of the time since I was 17.