I used to love Perl as well, it is amazing for text processing and at the time was the silver tape of Internet.

It is pleasant to write, but I can't say the same for reading: sometimes it is hard to understand my own Perl code after untouched for a few months. In this regard, my experience is the same: Python is more readable and easy to maintain.

There's more than one way to do it (TMTOWTDI or TIMTOWTDI, pronounced “Tim Toady”) is a Perl programming motto. This is diametrically opposed to the zen of Python: "There should be one-- and preferably only one --obvious way to do it"

Once you get used to Python, it is very hard to get back to “Tim Toady”, and your Python experience is likely to heavily influence how you write in other languages.