Daniel Alves Revelling In Barça Start <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Daniel Alves is revelling in his first few days with the Barcelona squad and has welcomed the club's pre-season trip to Scotland where temperatures are much cooler. The Brazilian full-back moved to Camp Nou from Sevilla last month, but only trained for the first time with his new team-mates on Monday morning. With a flight to Scotland booked for later that day, the Blaugrana were called in at 7.30am for an early start and Alves was pleased to finally be back in action. "We started very early on Monday with training starting at 8am at La Masía," he told Barça's official website as part of his pre-season diary report. "I had had a similar experience in my time at Sevilla because for the pre-season in Andalusia, and to avoid the fierce heat down there, we had training sessions at seven in the morning." Despite only having been together for a few days, Alves has already fitted in and admits that the atmopshere within the squad is open and friendly. "I am with a really great bunch of people and they have helped me to adapt. We have plenty of chances to laugh and the others are very communicative and easy to talk to. That’s important for creating a good atmosphere," he continued. "In fact, in the current squad, apart from Seydou Keita who played at Sevilla, I only knew Sylvinho, although that was only to talk a few times. But as they say, footballers speak the same language, so we have all understood each other very quickly." Finally, Alves said that he was pleased with the club's choice of Scotland to begin their pre-season training because of the climate that he is enjoying. "This is my first training camp in North Europe. At Sevilla we always stayed in Andalusia and then went to Asia or the USA. It’s nice to come to a place like this, especially because the weather is nice, and that’s important for good preparation. "Also, Saint Andrews is a spectacular place and we can use some top class facilities and the optimum conditions. They have told me that Saint Andrews is a legendary place for golf, like the Maracaná is for football. I didn’t even know."</div>
