Modern sensibilities with old heritage buildings, with the streetside cafe charm of Europe.
People aren’t too pushy.
Public transit is good (even if they do use cheesy plastic tokens)
Cold. I actually put on a sweater and toque (not to mention socks and shoes 
Food will be good (had a refreshing fresh-pressed pomegranate juice for TL5/US3, to go with my pita chicken doner TL4/US2.50 (I only needed a snack, not a meal, after all that plane food).
Lots of stray cats.
Thought I’d get some more out tonight, but I’m wiped and will likely have more to say in the morning since I’ll probably be awake early.
Timezone here is GMT+2, so I’m 6 hours ahead of eastern timeUS/Canada, and 9 hours ahead of pacific time (at least until daylight savings ends in the US/Canada on Sun morning (since daylight savings ended here last weekend)