Carla Bruni, Nicolas Sarkozy Tour Egypt

The French aren't always like us.

These are people that love cheese, wine, whining (about the Iraq war and so much more), hating on everything and everyone that isn't French, and so forth.

But at least we can find common ground with France in our love of celeb gossip. Rather than shunning him, the French are all about recently-divorced President Nicolas Sarkozy and his hot romance with new girlfriend, Carla Bruni!

Carla Bruni and Nicolas Sarkozy are all smiles in Egypt.

While the reception Bill Clinton received when he cheated on his wife with Monica Lewinsky wasn't exactly warm, it hasn't kept him (or Hillary Rodham Clinton) from enjoying overwhelming popularity over the long haul, has it?

But back to France. Mixing business and pleasure in Egypt with Nicolas Sarkozy, Carla Bruni was seen strolling with one hand in the pocket of his jeans and the other on her hip. Hot! Word has it that the two will marry this year!

But whatever happens, Carla Bruni isn't ready to put down her guitar - despite her very public romance with the president. France's possible first lady of the future is set to work on a new album and embark on a tour in 2008.

Carla is halfway through recording a new album of French and Italian love songs based on her own poems," a source at Bruni's label, Naïve Records, reports. The Italian singer and model is planning an August release and concert tour.