Avocado is not a Spanish word

The school has taken us out to eat a couple of times so I'm getting some good practice in learning what is vegetarian and asking questions of the veteran teachers when I need help with the menu. Last night I had an avocado, tomato and palmito salad [which is how I learned that avocado is actually aguacate in Spanish... who knew?]. Palmito is one of my new favorite veggies! It's a white stalk sort of thing. It has a similar texture to asparagus because it's a little fibrous... with some salt and oil on it it's very good! I also had some onion soup, which was probably made with chicken broth but I'm over it, haha. As long as I can get by without eating chunks of meat I'll be a-ok. ;)

We're going off to the mall now so that should be interesting! I will post some pictures when I can get internet in my apartment. Adios!