My brother lives so far from Amsterdam it takes about 2 hours. Emmen is where his in laws are. I liked it there. It is so clean.
We drove there from UK once and that was a long day and we got lost a bit. We were in Groningen going round and round in circles looking for my brother's place.
And driving on the other side of the road is another matter with all the roundabouts, but roads are ok there. I felt better driving in USA as roads are so much bigger you don't feel like you are on other side.
Jo