To be honest, it's a very easy language to grasp, especially if you have any Object Oriented experience whatsoever, as the whole premise of Python is that everything is an object.

If anything, I'd say Python is closer to Perl6 than it is to Perl5, due to the OO approach alone.

I'd go as far as saying that Python is probably the easiest language I've learned so far overall. It is a fun language to write in.

Install PyCharm, and you'll be on your way. Note that PyCharm, with the Camelcade Perl 5 plugin, you'll have a full blown IDE that works with both Python and Perl seamlessly (this is what I do, but I use intelliJ at home as opposed to PyCharm at work).