I took the train from Dusseldorf to Rome, which crossed the Alps.  Below are photos crossing the Alps and the city of Rome.  Interesting? Returning by train, we slowed to a stop on the tracks for 3 hours. Issue?  We were told that people had cut the wires to the rail system to take the copper! I missed my connection in Forence and had to fly back to Dusseldorf, Germany.