LA thus far!

Today was my first day of classes here in LA. Before I get into that I will give everyone a rundown on what has gone down thus far while in LA.
I arrived last Thursday with my parents. That night consisted of getting our rental car, finding our hotel and going for dinner. Our hotel was very nice, the London Hotel. It had a Gordon Ramsey restaurant attached to it that served an amazing complimentary continental breakfast every morning! My favourite were these little chocolate croissants, I had a few too many over the course of three mornings.
Friday morning my parents went down for breakfast while I was still asleep and saw Fred Armisen from SNL. I am definitely still a little jealous of them for that one! We then went to the Griffith Observatory which is a very beautiful place. It is up on a hill in Griffith Park and it was an amazing view of the entire city. The inside of the building has a bunch of information about the sky, sun, solar systems, the seasons and much more. It was definitely worth the trip.
We then went for a late lunch/early dinner on Melrose Ave and it was great. I had a Lobster pizza that was heavenly. I am addicted to Lobster! While at lunch we saw Lyle Lovett, he was wearing a really nice suit and he definitely looked sharp.
Saturday was our beach day. We drove over to Venice Beach, rented cruiser bikes, and went for a ride. We were probably on our bikes for around 2 hours and even though I put sunscreen on I managed to get extremely burnt! The ride was lovely, the ocean is beautiful. I wanted to take a surf lesson; however, my dad and I had made a bet that if he couldn't do 20 push ups we would go. Unfortunately for me he managed to do it so no surfing for me!
After that we went shopping and had some Pinkberry frozen yogurt. It was delicious as always. My mom had never had it and she loved it.
Sunday we went to Universal Studios theme park and had quite a bit of fun. The day started with indoor skydiving for me! My parents both get motion sickness so they didn't do it but they definitely missed out. It was soo much fun. It feels extremely weird but it's very cool and exhilarating. We went on the studio tour and there was a 3D King Kong part that was one of the coolest things I have seen in a while. You sit in a tram during the tour and we entered a tunnel with two huge screens, one on either side of the tram. You have 3D glasses and the movie that is played is similar to the actual T-Rex chase in the King Kong movie. The tram shakes whenever a T-Rex "hits" it so it seems incredibly real. It was the highlight of the day for me.
Then last night my parents and I drove to my apartment and dropped off all of my stuff. We had made a vey large grocery run and I had quite a bit of luggage. I had planned to only do laundry once while here but I found out that the nice lady who runs my building does laundry for tenants once a week! Holy over packing on that one! It was sad saying goodbye to my parents but the last couple days had been amazing with them and was a nice way to leave them. I love them more then anything and it will definitely be an adjustment with out them but it is one I am ready to take on.
Today was my first day of classes and I think it will be a great 6 weeks. I have one instructor named Jonathan Evans and he is my favourite so far. He is very flamboyant and funny so it makes class go by quickly.
There is an extremely eclectic group of kids in my class! The ages range from 18-39 I believe. There are people from Brazil, Puerto Rico, Tanzania, Australia, Saudi Arabi and Russia. It's crazy! I thought I was going to be one of the only people not from the US but I could not have been more wrong.
I will keep everyone updated but that is a rundown of everything so far.
I hope all is well with everyone!
Sorry if there are grammar/spelling mistakes I am trying to edit but I know I will miss things.