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A French road trip for Paul McCartney
November 06-12, 1966
Paul McCartney meets Mal Evans in Bordeaux and travels to Spain
November 12-14, 1966
Paul McCartney on holiday in Kenya
November 14-19, 1966
Paul McCartney and Mal Evans fly to San Francisco
April 03-04, 1967
Paul McCartney and Jane Asher’s Denver vacation
April 06-08, 1967
Paul McCartney and Mal Evans spend some time in Los Angeles
April 10-11, 1967
Paul McCartney and Mal Evans travel from Los Angeles to London
April 11-12, 1967
John Lennon and Paul McCartney travel to Greece
Jul 22, 1967
Paul McCartney spends time with Linda Eastman in Scotland
November 5 - Mid-November?
Paul McCartney and Linda Eastman on holiday in Portugal
December 11 - End of December, 1968
Paul and Linda McCartney spend three weeks in New York (and in Bahamas)
March 16 to early April, 1969
Paul and Linda McCartney on holiday in Provence and Corfu
May 15 - June 17, 1969
Paul and Linda McCartney on holiday in Antigua
Mid-December 1969
Paul and Linda McCartney on holiday in Jamaica
Early December 1971
Spanish holidays for the McCartney family, and Wings
Mid-June to June 25, 1972
Paul McCartney and family on holiday in Jamaica
April 12 to April 15, 1973
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On March 6, 1966, Paul McCartney and his girlfriend Jane Asher flew to Switzerland for a two-weeks holiday. They rented a chalet in the mountains about half a mile from the town of Klosters.
During their stay, Paul started thinking about the new Beatles album and wrote the song “For No One“.
They flew back to England on March 20, 1966.
I wrote [For No One] on a skiing holiday in Switzerland. In a hired chalet amongst the snow.
Paul McCartney – Interview with Playboy Magazine, 1984
I can remember more about writing Revolver than recording it. I was in Switzerland on my first skiing holiday. I’d done a bit of skiing in Help! and quite liked it, so I went back and ended up in a little bathroom in a Swiss chalet writing ‘For No One.’ I remember the character in the song – the girl putting on her make-up.
Paul McCartney – From “The Beatles Anthology” book, 2000
HOLIDAYING BEATLE…
Last month. Paul jumped in his Aston and headed towards Central Europe — mainly for some skiing in Switzerland. He thought it would be a good idea to motor, because if he was too easily recognised in one place, he could move on to another town.
From The Beatles Monthly Book – April 1966
Last updated on September 20, 2023
Going further
The Beatles Diary Volume 1: The Beatles Years
"With greatly expanded text, this is the most revealing and frank personal 30-year chronicle of the group ever written. Insider Barry Miles covers the Beatles story from childhood to the break-up of the group."
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