Sarkozy relaxes in 'Brazil resort'

French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy are relaxing in a posh Brazilian beach resort, according to local news reports.

They were invited to stay at the Txai resort on Itacarezinho beach in the north-eastern state of Bahia by the French first lady’s biological father, Italian businessman Maurizio Remmert, who lives in Brazil, the private Agencia Estado news agency said.