Stroustrup basically wrote a book for people like you, called A Tour Of C++, directed at experienced C/'old school' C++ programmers who want to learn modern C++

Stroustrup basically wrote a book for people like you, called A Tour Of C++, directed at experienced C/'old school' C++ programmers who want to learn modern C++. It's pretty short too (only like 200 pages) - can easily be read in a weekend.