20070803 Sarkozy's Summer Place New Hampshire

Sarkozy's Summer Place: New Hampshire

Sources Say French President Will Spend Summer Vacation At New Hampshire Resort

CONCORD, N.H., Aug. 3, 2007

(AP) French President Nicolas Sarkozy will follow in the steps of several celebrities when he vacations this month at a resort town on New Hampshire's largest lake.

A source who was not authorized to speak about Sarkozy's private travels confirmed Thursday a report in Wednesday's Boston Globe that the French president planned to spend two weeks in Wolfeboro.

Current and past vacationers there include Drew Barrymore, Taiwan's Madame Chiang Kai-shek and presidential candidate Mitt Romney. The picturesque town is on Lake Winnipesaukee, about two hours north of Boston.

The source said the trip will be a private visit.

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"We're going to have to get our French flags out, I guess," Town Manager David Owen said when asked about them last month.

A spokesman for New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch said officials knew Sarkozy was on his way.

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